The Riddle of the Compass: The Invention That Changed the World - Brossura

Aczel, Amir D.

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ISBN 10: 0156007533 ISBN 13: 9780156007535

Casa editrice: Mariner Books, 2001

Riassunto

A history of the compass and its impact on the world describes the discovery of a lodestone in ancient China that always pointed north and came to be used in feng shui; documents the Italian application of the compass as a direction finder for seafarers; and chronicles the historical development of navigation as a science. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

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PRAISE FOR THE RIDDLE OF THE COMPASS

"An uncommonly good book about an invention that--there's just no getting around it--changed the world."--Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post
"A compulsively readable investigation, as attracting as the magnetic north."--Kirkus Reviews

L'autore:

Amir D. Aczel, Ph.D. grew up on a ship and was navigating straits in the Mediterranean long before he could drive a car. The author of Fermat's Last Theorem, God's Equation, The Mystery of the Aleph, and Probability 1, he lives with his wife and daughter in the Boston area and teaches at Bentley College.

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• Editore: Mariner Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0156007533
• ISBN 13: 9780156007535
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 178