Valerie L. (vallipow) reviewed on 7/10/2007 + 40 more book reviews

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Given such interesting circumstances and people, this book disappointed me. There was a lack of conflict and tension in the description of the people, politics, and activities around this fascinating subject. It would have been a much stronger book with more discussions of the science and engineering behind clock-making, astronomical navigation, and how scientists of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries measured distances and made other calculations affecting navigation.

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