The Origins of Interventionism: The United States and the Russo Finnish War, Sobel Robert

Автор: Dava Sobel
Название: Longitude (20)
ISBN: 080271529X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780802715296
Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS
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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. 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. One man, John Harrison, in complete opposition to the scientific community, 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 the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of 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.

Автор: Sobel, Dava
Название: Glass universe
ISBN: 0008207038 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780008207038
Издательство: HarperCollins UK
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Описание: `A biographical orrery - intricate, complex and fascinating` The Observer`A peerless intellectual biography. The Glass Universe shines and twinkles as brightly as the stars themselves` The Economist#1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel returns with a captivating, little-known true story of women in science

Автор: Sobel Dava
Название: The Glass Universe
ISBN: 0007548184 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007548187
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Описание: `A biographical orrery - intricate, complex and fascinating` The Observer `A peerless intellectual biography. The Glass Universe shines and twinkles as brightly as the stars themselves` The Economist #1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel returns with a captivating, little-known true story of women in science

Автор: Sobel, D.
Название: Longitude
ISBN: 0007214227 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007214228
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Описание: 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.