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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time Barnes&Noble.com Best Kids' Books of 2009 DesperatelyISBN 13: 9780802715296 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Publication date: 10 30 2007 Edition description: First Edition Pages: 208 Sales rank: 24,006 Product dimensions: 6. 62(w) x 7. 44(h) x 0. 61(d) Lexile: 1310L (what's this?) Age Range: 15 18 Years The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of one man's forty year obsession to find a solution to the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day"the longitude problem."Anyone alive in the