Posted AT 3:18 AM EDT on 19/12/05
2005 A Space Odyssey
In Longitude, her 1995 book, science writer Dava Sobel recounted the fascinating tale of John Harrison, the 18th-century English inventor who built the first maritime clock capable of measuring longitudinal distances with accuracy. In Galileo's Daughter, which appeared in 2000, she told the largely unknown story of the relationship between the 16th-century Italian inventor and his illegitimate daughter, Virginia, a nun.
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