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venturecrapitalism's review against another edition
4.0
Short, sweet, and straightforward! Knowing about the longitude problem provides great context for a number of other texts I’ve read recently.
jenmangler's review against another edition
4.0
Most people would think a book about longitude would be about as much fun to read as watching grass grow. They would be wrong. I had no idea how complex the problem of longitude was. I also had never heard of the man who found a way to accurately and quickly determine longitude. Most people are probably in the same boat. And that is a real shame. This is a quick read and will open your eyes to a bit of history that more of us should know about.
ckeithjohnson's review against another edition
5.0
Really fun book to spark some interest. Weaves a fantastic yarn about the problem of circumnavigating the globe with a sailing ship.
dreaming_ace's review against another edition
3.0
It was interesting to learn how important longitude was and how complex a problem it was.
kris_tea516's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
2.5
This is a fascinating topic but the book got a bit boring. I think it could have been 1/2 as long & still gotten the message across. Still a very interesting topic.