Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time

Longitude

The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time

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Dava Sobel
Dava Sobel
1995 • 208 pages

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