Longitude : [the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time]
(Audio CD)
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Random House Audio, [1996].
Format
Audio CD
Physical Desc
4 audio discs (approximately 65 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Southside - Media
CD spoken 526.62 Sob
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CD spoken 526.62 Sob
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Random House Audio, [1996].
Language
English
Lexile measure
1310
Notes
General Note
Subtitle from container.
General Note
With a new forward written and read by Neil Armstrong.
General Note
Unabridged.
Participants/Performers
Read by Kate Reading.
Description
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. The scientific establishment of Europe--from Galileo to Sir Issac Newton--had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answer. In stark contrast, one man, John Harrison, 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 a dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and 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.
System Details
Compact disc.
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