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View Poll Results: Which science book will enlighten us in June? | |||
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach | 7 | 41.18% | |
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel | 8 | 47.06% | |
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson | 6 | 35.29% | |
What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe | 7 | 41.18% | |
And Then You're Dead: What Really Happens . . . by Cody Cassidy and Paul Doherty | 3 | 17.65% | |
Physics: New Frontiers by Scientific American Editors | 6 | 35.29% | |
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06-02-2017, 07:19 AM | #31 |
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It's been a while since I've borrowed a print book. The print is quite large.
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06-02-2017, 09:01 AM | #32 |
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My ebook has no illustrations. This page has photos of Harrison's clocks (just the front view).
http://xnatmap.org/adnm/docs/2013/lo...longreward.htm |
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06-02-2017, 09:29 AM | #33 |
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Seems Longitude is also a movie and it's on YouTube. Here is part 1 of 21.
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06-02-2017, 09:30 AM | #34 |
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Thanks, Ben.
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I've not been enjoying Longitude. But now I've read the first chapter about John Harrsion, It could get better.
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06-04-2017, 10:14 AM | #37 |
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06-04-2017, 12:34 PM | #38 |
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I'm up to chapter 10 and this has gotten better.
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