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Longitude

由 Dava Sobel
Kate Reading
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An exciting scientific adventure from the days of wooden ships and iron men, LONGITUDE is full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd. It is also a captivating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking.
During the great ages of exploration, "the longitude problem" was the gravest of all scientific challenges. Lacking the ability to determine their longitude, sailors were literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Ships ran aground on rocky shores; those traveling well-known routes were easy prey to pirates.
In 1714, England's Parliament offered a huge reward to anyone whose method of measuring longitude could be proven successful. The scientific establishment—from Galileo to Sir Isaac Newton—had mapped the heavens in its certainty of a celestial answer. In stark contrast, one man, John Harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solution—a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had been able to do on land. And the race was on....
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發行者: Books on Tape 版: Unabridged

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  • 國際標準書號: 9781415953419
  • 檔案大小： 124956 KB
  • 發行日期： 2005年10月11日
  • 持續時間： 04:20:19

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  • 國際標準書號: 9781415953419
  • 檔案大小： 125177 KB
  • 發行日期： 2005年10月11日
  • 持續時間： 04:20:19
  • 章節數： 4
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Lexile® 閱讀分級:1320
文字難度:10-12

An exciting scientific adventure from the days of wooden ships and iron men, LONGITUDE is full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd. It is also a captivating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking.
During the great ages of exploration, "the longitude problem" was the gravest of all scientific challenges. Lacking the ability to determine their longitude, sailors were literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Ships ran aground on rocky shores; those traveling well-known routes were easy prey to pirates.
In 1714, England's Parliament offered a huge reward to anyone whose method of measuring longitude could be proven successful. The scientific establishment—from Galileo to Sir Isaac Newton—had mapped the heavens in its certainty of a celestial answer. In stark contrast, one man, John Harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solution—a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had been able to do on land. And the race was on....
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    發行者:
    Books on Tape
    版:
    Unabridged

    OverDrive 聆聽模式有聲書
    國際標準書號: 9781415953419
    檔案大小：124956 KB
    發行日期：2005年10月11日
    持續時間：04:20:19

    MP3 有聲書
    國際標準書號: 9781415953419
    檔案大小：125177 KB
    發行日期：2005年10月11日
    持續時間：04:20:19
    章節數： 4

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    MP3 有聲書
  • 語言
    英語
  • 等級
    Lexile® 閱讀分級: 1320
    文字難度: 10-12
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