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9780140258790
"An amazing and fascinating story, a book full of gems for anyone interested in history, geography, astronomy, navigation, clockmaking, and--not the least--plain old human ambition and greed....As much a tale of intrigue as it is of science."Sobel, Dava is the author of 'Longitude The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time', published 1996 under ISBN 9780140258790 and ISBN 0140258795.
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