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Xavier Dilla Martínez

Author of Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (1995) — Translator, some editions — 10,231 copies, 197 reviews

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