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Longitude: The Story of the Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel

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May 3, 2022 —

Longitude is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest by John Harrison to solve the “Longitude Problem” by building the perfect timekeeper; known as the Chronometer today.