Author: John Higham
Publisher: Easton Studio Press, LLC
ISBN: 1935212990
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 417
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Much more than a travel narrative 360 Degrees Longitude: One Family’s Journey Around the World is a glimpse at what it means to be a “global citizen”—a progressively changing view of the world as seen through the eyes of an American family of four. After more than a decade of planning, John Higham and his wife September bid their high-tech jobs and suburban lives good-bye, packed up their home and set out with two children, ages eight and eleven, to travel around the world. In the course of the next 52 weeks they crossed 24 time zones, visited 28 countries and experienced a lifetime of adventures. Making their way across the world, the Highams discovered more than just different foods and cultures; they also learned such diverse things as a Chilean mall isn’t the best place to get your ears pierced, and that elephants appreciate flowers just as much as the next person. But most importantly, they learned about each other, and just how much a family can weather if they do it together. 360 Degrees Longitude employs Google’s wildly popular Google Earth as a compliment to the narrative. Using your computer you can spin the digital globe to join the adventure cycling through Europe, feeling the cold stare of a pride of lions in Africa, and breaking down in the Andes. Packed with photos, video and text, the online Google Earth companion adds a dimension not possible with mere paper and ink. Fly over the terrain of the Inca Trail or drill down to see the majesty of the Swiss Alps—without leaving the comfort of your chair.
Author: Dava Sobel
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802779433
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 209
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The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of one man's forty-year obsession to find a solution to the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--"the longitude problem." Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day-and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Thousands of lives and the increasing fortunes of nations hung on a resolution. One man, John Harrison, in complete opposition to the scientific community, dared to imagine a mechanical solution-a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had ever been able to do on land. Longitude is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer. Full of heroism and chicanery, it is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation, and clockmaking, and opens a new window on our world.
Author: John Higham
Publisher: Alyson Publications
ISBN: 9781593501136
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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Author: Cavendish Square Publishing LLC
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
ISBN: 9780761473237
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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Highlights the latest scientific and technological advances, from inventions and discoveries to a history of technology.
Author: John Higham
Publisher: Alyson Books
ISBN: 9781593501082
Category : Voyages around the world
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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In June 2005, John Higham, his wife September and his daughters Jordan and Katrina packed their bags and embarked on a 52 week global adventure, visiting 30 countries. They stayed with friends, strangers, college girls on spring break and Polish shipyard workers with a penchant for striped boxer shorts - and little else! A book to read with the family or perhaps en route to an adventure, 360 Degress Longitude is filled with funny stories, incredible pictures and a whole lot of sunshine.
Author: Laura Manske
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
ISBN: 9781885211330
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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Learn how to have fun again--with your loved ones! No longer will family travel simply imply a family vacation. The heartwarming and lively stories collected here offer new perspectives on how travel can restore, revitalize, and reconnect family members of all ages. From Tanzania to China, Paris to Tijuana, Family Travel is the passport you and your loved ones need to set out and explore the world--and come home closer than you ever thought possible. Book jacket.
Author: James Atkinson
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 498
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Author: James Atkinson
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 470
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Author: Dava Sobel
Publisher: Paw Prints
ISBN: 9781439559321
Category : Chronometers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A new illustrated edition of the best-selling Longitude chronicles the tale of the eighteenth-century inventor John Harrison, who created the chronometer and, in the process, saved thousands of lives and great fortunes. Reprint.
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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