![]() ![]() Physics of Time Scientists - General & Miscellaneous - Biography Technological Innovations & Transferance Editorial Reviews This is a gem of a book. 'A true life thriller, jam-packed with political intrigue, international warfare, personal feuds. ![]() Flamsteed retaliated by collecting three hundred of the four hundred printed copies, and burning them. Dava Sobel is the bestselling author of Longitude, Galileo's Daughter, and The Planets, coauthor of The Illustrated Longitude, and editor of Letters to Father. Dava Sobel has written a gem of a book.one of the best reads for the non-scientific writing to come along for many a moon.' Financial Times. Newton and Halley managed to get hold of most of Flamsteed’s records from the Royal Observatory, and published their own pirated edition of his star catalog in 1712. Flamsteed, meticulous to a fault, had spent forty years mapping the heavens-and had still not released his data. ![]() Yet the world was still waiting on Flamsteed to finish surveying the stars. Thanks to Newton’s own efforts in formulating the Universal Law of Gravitation, the moon’s motion was better understood and to some extent predictable. The lunar distance method that had been proposed several times over preceding centuries gained credence and adherents as the science of astronomy improved. ![]() It was clear to him now that any hope of settling the longitude matter lay in the stars. ![]()
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