Longitude Books

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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.99 — 77,043 ratings — published 1995
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Crystal Line (Crystal Singer, #3) Crystal Line (Crystal Singer, #3)
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avg rating 4.07 — 13,027 ratings — published 1994
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The Skies of Pern (Pern, #15) The Skies of Pern (Pern, #15)
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avg rating 4.12 — 16,511 ratings — published 2001
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Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist (Mrs. Pollifax, #13) Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist (Mrs. Pollifax, #13)
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avg rating 4.09 — 4,881 ratings — published 1997
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Polar Shift (NUMA Files, #6) Polar Shift (NUMA Files, #6)
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avg rating 3.95 — 10,399 ratings — published 2005
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Atlantis Found (Dirk Pitt, #15) Atlantis Found (Dirk Pitt, #15)
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avg rating 4.03 — 29,879 ratings — published 1999
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The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #1) The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #1)
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avg rating 4.16 — 31,636 ratings — published 1966
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Shock Wave (Dirk Pitt, #13) Shock Wave (Dirk Pitt, #13)
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avg rating 4.09 — 22,892 ratings — published 1996
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Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 9,623 ratings — published 2012
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Dava Sobel
“The British Parliament, in its famed Longitude Act of 1714, set the highest bounty of all, naming a prize equal to a king’s ransom (several million dollars in today’s currency) for a “Practicable and Useful” means of determining longitude.”
Dava Sobel, Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

Dava Sobel
“One degree of longitude equals four minutes of time the world over, but in terms of distance, one degree shrinks from sixty-eight miles at the Equator to virtually nothing at the poles.”
Dava Sobel, Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

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