Tony K. reviewed Longtitude: the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time on + 4 more book reviews
A great read for those who like to think back to the time when ships headed out for sea and were never sure when they would run into dry land again, without the ability to accurately predict where in the world they were east to west. Finally made me understand why they call degrees of longitude "minutes" and "seconds".
