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More copies of this ISBN:Halley's Questby Julie Wakefield
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:A NEW TAKE ON ONE OF HISTORY'S MOST FAMILIAR NAMES IN SCIENCE. AUTHOR JULIE WAKEFIELD DESCRIBES EDMOND HALLEY'S OVERLOOKED BUT PERHAPS MOST SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION: SOLVING A KEY RIDDLE OF LONGITUDE TO ALLOW CONSISTENTLY ACCURATE NAVIGATION OF THE HIGH SEAS Book News Annotation:Science writer Wakefield describes Edmond Halley's greatest
achievement, which was not predicting the course of the comet that
bears his name, but accurate navigation involving the determination
of true v. magnetic north and thereby longitude. Already adept at
"being there first" ahead of his academic competitors, he was
literally "there first" in a small sailing craft loaded with his
scientific ideas about how the earth worked and the sailors'
animosity. Thus he nearly single-handedly succeeded at making British
military and commercial shipping the most likely to "be there" at the
right time, securing himself relatively little but making Britain the
leading colonial power.
Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Book News Annotation:Science writer Wakefield describes Edmond Halley's greatest
achievement, which was not predicting the course of the comet that
bears his name, but accurate navigation involving the determination
of true v. magnetic north and thereby longitude. Already adept at
"being there first" ahead of his academic competitors, he was
literally "there first" in a small sailing craft loaded with his
scientific ideas about how the earth worked and the sailors'
animosity. Thus he nearly single-handedly succeeded at making British
military and commercial shipping the most likely to "be there" at the
right time, securing himself relatively little but making Britain the
leading colonial power.
Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:Taking a new look at one of history's most familiar names in science, Wakefield describes Edmond Halley's overlooked but perhaps most significant contribution: solving a key riddle of longitude to allow consistently accurate navigation of the high seas. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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