Naval History: The Longitude Problem

[bsteadman]

Video Series: Longitude - The Feature Film - Novel by Dava Sobel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9dso...4E811068734C56

[InspectorSmith]

I sometimes like those sort of books which take a typically mundane or very ordinary subject and turn it into a riveting novel. My favorite author Michael Crichton did that once with his book, Airframe (1996).

PS- I wouldn't rate Airframe as one of his better books though.