Longitude Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Dava Sobel
SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
103

Longitude by Dava Sobel Book Summary

The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of one man's forty-year obsession to find a solution to the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--"the longitude problem."

Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day-and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Thousands of lives and the increasing fortunes of nations hung on a resolution. One man, John Harrison, in complete opposition to the scientific community, dared to imagine a mechanical solution-a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had ever been able to do on land.

Longitude is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer. Full of heroism and chicanery, it is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation, and clockmaking, and opens a new window on our world.

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Book Name Longitude
Genre Biographies & Memoirs
Published
Language English
E-Book Size 1.92 MB

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Longitude. This book is exceptionally well written. It presents the facts and events entertainingly while explaining an overlooked part of modern history.

Pleasant surprise!. I started reading to learn about longitude and finished with a greater appreciation for watchmaking, craftsmanship, dedication. As well as the petty feuds between grumpy men.

Great read!. Great short read about the problem of determining Longitude and about the invention and use of chronometers to solve the problem.

Excellent. Educationalā€¦never knew the backstory of longitude and how controversial it all was. Glad they sorted it out.

Where are the pictures?. This was a quick, enjoyable read but Iā€™m disappointed that there are no pictures of the people involved or Harrisonā€™s now-famous works.

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Summary of Longitude by Dava Sobel

The Longitude book written by Dava Sobel was published on 05 July 2010, Monday in the Biographies & Memoirs category. A total of 103 readers of the book gave the book 4.5 points out of 5.

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