{"product_id":"the-illustrated-longitude-the-true-story-of-the-lone-genius-who-solved-the-greatest-scientific-problem-of-his-time","title":"The Illustrated Longitude: The True Story of the Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eA fully illustrated edition of the international best-seller Longitude. The Illustrated Longitude recounts in words and images the epic quest to solve the greatest scientific problem of the eighteenth and three prior centuries: determining how a captain could pinpoint his ships location at sea. All too often throughout the ages of exploration  voyages ended in disaster when crew and cargo were either lost at sea or destroyed upon the rocks of an unexpected landfall. Thousands of lives and the fortunes of nations hung on a resolution to the longitude problem. To encourage a solution  governments established prizes for anyone whose method or device proved successful. The largest reward of 20 000-- truly a kings ransom-- was offered by Britains Parliament in 1714. The scientific establishment-- from Galileo to Sir Isaac Newton-- had been certain that a celestial answer would be found and invested untold effort in this pursuit. By contrast  John Harrison imagined and built the unimaginable: a clock that told perfect time at sea  known today as the chronometer. Harrisons trials and tribulations during his forty-year quest to win the prize are the culmination of this remarkable story. The Illustrated Longitude brings a new and important dimension to Dava Sobels celebrated story. It contains the entire original narrative of Longitude  redesigned to accompany 183 images chosen by William Andrewes-- from portraints of every important figure in the story to maps and diagrams  scientifc instruments  and John Harrisons remarkable sea clocks themselves. Andrewess elegant captions and sidebars on scientific and historical events tell their own story of longitude  paralleling and illuminating Sobels memorable tale.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945319657525,"sku":"ByrdShop_0802713440","price":27.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780802713445.jpg?v=1769883062","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-illustrated-longitude-the-true-story-of-the-lone-genius-who-solved-the-greatest-scientific-problem-of-his-time","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}