This historical novel tells the story of Thomas Harriot, the brilliant mathematician and astronomer who was a contemporary of Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh, and who made significant contributions to the modern scientific understanding of navigation, optics, and mathematics. Set against the backdrop of Elizabethan England, this novel offers an engaging and informative account of the life and work of a little-known but important figure in the history of science.

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