June Books 46) Longitude 47) Fatal Attraction

[nwhyte]

46) Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time, by Dava Sobel
47) Fatal Attraction: Magnetic Mysteries of the Enlightenment, by Patricia Fara

Comments

[qatsi]

Interesting. I haven't read Longitude, but Sobel's Galileo's Daughter is on my Pile Of Unread Books.

[dalmeny]

I think I'll add the Fara to my Amazon wishlist along with her Pandora's Breeches: Women, Science & Power in the Enlightenment.