Book
Longitude
by Dava Sobel
- Published
- 1995
- Genre
- Biography
- Publisher
- Universidad del País Vasco
- Pages
- 192
- Words
- 36770
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4806.Longitude?ac=1&from_search=true
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 9.7
- AR interest level
- UG — upper grades, 9–12
- Lexile
- 1320L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 14–18
- Ambleside year
- Year 9 onwards · ages 14–17
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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.
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9788498607451
- ISBN-10
- 8498607450
Tags
Biographies/Autobiographies-Biographies/Autobiographies (All)EnglandRecommended Reading-ALA Outstanding Books for the College BoundRecommended Reading-California Recommended Lit., English, 9-12Science-CartographySocial Studies-GeographyWhat Kids Are Reading, 2017-ATOS BL 9.7-12 Boys: Top 10 Social Studies Books