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Book Review: Longitude by Dava Sobel

September 25, 2016September 25, 2016 shetalksaboutclocks

“Any alert schoolchild nowadays knows that cancer cries for a cure,” writes Dava Sobel, author of Longitude, the eye-opening and turbulent history of the search for a solution to tracking sea travel. Sobel argues that the race for a solution to … Continue reading Book Review: Longitude by Dava Sobel

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My Grandfather’s (or Grandmother’s) Clock

September 4, 2016September 5, 2016 shetalksaboutclocks

It may have predated Top 40, but it was still a hit. In 1876 Henry Clay Work would have topped any chart (if they existed) with “My Grandfather’s Clock“, a moving song about a clock that ticks faithfully until the … Continue reading My Grandfather’s (or Grandmother’s) Clock

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Book Review: Longitude by Dava Sobel

My Grandfather’s (or Grandmother’s) Clock