| Weight | 0.42 kg |
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| ISBN | 8173710171 |
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| Publication Date | 1997 |
| Pages | 194 |
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SAHA AND HIS FORMULA
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ISBN: 8173710171
Publisher: VANTAGE PRESS
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₨ 338
ISBN: 8173710171
Publisher: VANTAGE PRESS
In stock
| Weight | 0.42 kg |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 8173710171 |
| Format | |
| Publication Date | 1997 |
| Pages | 194 |
| Author | |
| Author Description | |
| Publisher | |
| Language |
The tenth anniversary edition of 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. With a new Foreword by the celebrated astronaut Neil Armstrong.
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.
Full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, Longitude is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clock making.
ISBN: 0007214227
Publisher: HARPER PERENNIAL
