https://bib.cozmix.cloud/files/original/a4ae4012b067ef20b385b43e0ec2cfc7.png 136ff9b2a5e9051b0d55f8ab81b9509b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geschiedenis Boek Een boek. ISBN International Standard Book Number 9-781-8570-2571-2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GES1047 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dava Sobel Title A name given to the resource Longitude Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Fourth Estate Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1998 Description An account of the resource The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of one man's forty-year obsession to find a solution to the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--"the longitude problem."<br /> 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.<br /><em>Longitude</em> 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. Language A language of the resource Engels