Xstranger Than Longitude

Published by Harper Collins Promotion in 2006, Xstranger Than Longitude by Dava Sobel runs to 208 pages in paperback. The original work dates from 2005.

Its main subjects are Royal Society, Harrison timekeepers, Kendall timekeepers and Lunar distance method. Places discussed include Great Britain and England. People featured include John Harrison, Isaac Newton and Galileo Galilei. The period covered is Eighteenth Century.