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If you're curious about the history of this topic, Dava Sobel's Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Tim
by Hoff 15y ago
If you're curious about the history of this topic, Dava Sobel's Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time is well worth reading.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude_(book) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude_(book)