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Longitude

Science & Math

Fourth Estate, Limited

The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude and the unlikely triumph of an English genius. Anyone alive in the 18th 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. The quest for a solution had occupied scientists and their patrons for the better part of two centuries when, in 1714, Parliament upped the ante by offering a king's ransom (GBP20,000) to anyone whose method or device proved successful. Countless quacks weighed in with preposterous suggestions. The scientific establishment throughout Europe -- from Galileo to Sir Isaac Newton -- had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certa

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

Travel

Harper-perennial

Fourth Estate

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

The Elements of Marie Curie

Fourth Estat

<p>A pioneer in the study of extraterrestrial intelligence chronicles his thirty-year search for intelligent life in the universe, which culminated in the NASA-backed SETI Microwave Observing Project.</p>

Is Anyone Out There? The Scientific Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Drake, Frank

Religion & Spirituality

Delta

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Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love

History

Walker&Company

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

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Galileo's Daughter

Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith & Love

Random House Audio Publishing

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