TheEdinburghBookshopOct 25, 2024

Longitude author Dava Sobel examines the life & work of the double Novel Prize winning pioneering scientist, Marie Curie, & her impact on the women scientists she influenced & encouraged.

Loving the wee "Ra" and "Po" periodic table symbols in the signature, a great touch!

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Steve MitchellOct 12, 2024
Moving on to my latest read, and this is something that I picked up at my recent visit to the Royal Observatory in Greenwich #Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #Bibliophile #Bookworm #CurrentlyReading #Longitude #JohnHarrison #DavaSobel #GMT
bs2Mar 31, 2022
> .. he made what must have been the worst mistake in judgment of his naval career.. approached by a #sailor, a member of the..crew.. claimed to have kept his own reckoning of the fleet’s location.. subversive navigation by an inferior was forbidden in the #RoyalNavy.. However, the danger..[was] so enormous..that he risked his neck .. #AdmiralShovell had the man hanged for #mutiny on the spot.. No one was around to spit “I told you so!” into #SirClowdisley’s face..
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