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1) Longitude
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The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time.
“No novelist could improve on the elements of Dava Sobel’s Longitude. . . a book as intricate and elegant as one of [Harrison’s] own magnificent timepieces” – Newsweek
“[Ms Sobel] has a remarkable ability to tell a story with clarity and perfect pacing. . . This is a gem of a book.” – Christopher Lehmantn-Haupt, The New York Times
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4) Longitude: the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time
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The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of one man's forty-year obsession to find a solution to the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day—"the longitude problem."
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...
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...
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Much more than a travel narrative 360 Degrees Longitude: One Family's Journey Around the World is a glimpse at what it means to be a global citizen"—a progressively changing view of the world as seen through the eyes of an American family of four.
After more than a decade of planning, John Higham and his wife September bid their high-tech jobs and suburban lives good-bye, packed up their home and set out with two children,
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Geography is more than maps and globes, more than latitude and longitude lines, more than continents, oceans, islands, and your own neighborhood. In Got Geography! Lee Bennett Hopkins gathers vivid poems by sixteen poets and Philip Stanton creates glorious artwork to show that geography isn't just about finding your way. It's the jumping-off point for dreams and imagination. If you've got geography, you're ready for adventure.
15) Keeping Time
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How do we measure the passage of time? Discover that practical concerns have driven the search for more and more accurate clocks. In the 18th century, the problem of determining longitude was solved with a timepiece of unprecedented accuracy. Today's GPS navigation units rely on clocks accurate to a billionth of a second.
16) Reading maps
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"Readers will learn how to use lines of longitude and latitude, decipher map legends, and use a compass to orient a map in the real world. They will also discover how maps were first created and how they have changed throughout history"--Provided by publisher.
17) Dekko Comics #3
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In Issue three our friend Outlawra teaches the school bully, Grizzly Gareth, a colourful lesson in French - while Ricky Rhino swindles an unsuspecting chimpanzee with a ludicrous business pitch related to the Romans and the Celts. Cob the Impossible Blob simplifies arithmetic with the help of Inventor Boys Arithmetic machine. Piwi the Posh Kiwi helps us find out when to use that little punctuation tadpole the apostrophe. Cogmires Capital city is...
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