Some Bits: Nelson's books
The cover of Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

★★★★★Shelved Feb 12, 2013

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Goodreads readers give it 3.99★, from 78,253 ratings. I gave it 5★, +1.0, where I'm usually −0.9: I liked it more than most.
Readers call it History, Science, Biography, Historical, Geography, History Of Science, Technology, Travel.
Nominated for Royal Society Science Book Prize 1997.