Halley's quest; a selfless genius and his troubled Paramore.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
From: SciTech Book News
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Date: 12/1/2006
0309095948
Halley's quest; a selfless genius and his troubled Paramore.
Wakefield, Julie.
Joseph Henry Press
2005
261 pages
$27.95
Hardcover
Q115
Science writer Wakefield describes Edmond Halley's greatest achievement, which was not predicting the course of the comet that bears his name, but accurate navigation involving the determination of true v. magnetic north and thereby longitude. Already adept at "being ...
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