The Man Who Made Time Travel

by Kathryn Lasky

Book Overview

Who would solve one of the most perplexing scientific problems of all time? This dramatic picture-book biography brings to life - with illustrations that glow with wit and inspiration - the fascinating story of the quest to measure longitude. While the scientific establishment of the eighteenth century was certain that the answer lay in mapping the heavens, John Harrison, an obscure, uneducated clockmaker, dared to imagine a different solution: a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374347883
• ISBN13: 9780374347888
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.8" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 8 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 8

Customer Reviews

Valuable Life Lessons

I love this book not only for the superb illustrations, but also for the important message that it relays to children. Perseverance, hard work, and scientific discovery matter, even when you don't receive the public acclaim and financial rewards that you may deserve.

A 6th Grader's Review of The Man Who Made Time Travel

It was a good book, but I have read better books and worst books. It made me want to go to London to see the clocks that John Harrisson made. I would recommend it for people who want to know about history but don't like reading long books.