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Longitude
For centuries, the vast ocean remained a deadly enigma, its east-west coordinates an invisible line. This episode explores Dava Sobel's 'Longitude,' detailing the epic quest to solve this navigational crisis, the clash between celestial theory and mechanical genius, and John Harrison's relentless pursuit of the precision that charted the world.
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“For centuries, the vast ocean remained a deadly enigma, its east-west coordinates an invisible line. This episode explores Dava Sobel's 'Longitude,' detailing the epic quest to solve this navigational crisis, the clash between celestial theory and mechanical genius, and John Harrison's relentless pursuit of the precision that charted the world.”
— Dava Sobel, Longitude
john harrison, navigation, chronometer
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Dava Sobel brings a credible and useful lens to john harrison, navigation, chronometer, with enough subject command to make the book worth hearing.