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Astronomy Chronometers History Clock and watch makers Great Britain Biography Copernicus, Nicolaus 1473-1543 Copernicus, Nicolaus 1473-1543 Influence Harrison, John 1693-1776 Longitude Measurement History Prague (Czech Republic) History 20th century Solar system World War, 1939-1945 Czech Republic PragueFilter By Subjects
Astronomy Chronometers History Clock and watch makers Great Britain Biography Copernicus, Nicolaus 1473-1543 Copernicus, Nicolaus 1473-1543 Influence Harrison, John 1693-1776 Longitude Measurement History Prague (Czech Republic) History 20th century Solar system World War, 1939-1945 Czech Republic PragueAlbright, Madeleine Korbel.
Summary: From former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright comes a moving and thoughtful memoir of her formative years in Czechoslovakia during the tumult of Nazi occupation, World War II, fascism, and the onset of the Cold War.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 943.71 ALBRIGHT, MADELEINE KORBEL ALBSobel, Dava.
Summary: Recounts John Harrison's invention of the marine chronometer in eighteenth-century England.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 526.62 SOBSobel, Dava.
Summary: Sobel paints an unforgettable portrait of the Copernican Revolution. Encouraged by his German protégé, Polish cleric Nicolaus Copernicus published his heliocentric model of the universe, tantalizing 16th-century mathematicians and scientists--and triggering a groundswell of opposition.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011