Dava Sobel

Broschiertes Buch

Longitude

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

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Dava Sobel is the internationally renowned author of 'Longitude' and 'Galileo's Daughter'. She is also an award-winning former science reporter for the 'New York Times' and writes frequently about science for several magazines, including the 'New Yorker', 'Audubon', 'Discover', 'Life' and 'Omni'. She is currently writing a book called 'The Planets' for Fourth Estate. She lives in East Hampton, New York.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fourth Estate / HarperCollins UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 034198
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 158g
• ISBN-13: 9780007214228
• ISBN-10: 0007214227
• Artikelnr.: 21044087