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John Harrison (3 April 1693– 24 March 1776) was a self-educated English carpenter and clockmaker. He invented the marine chronometer, a long-sought after device for solving the problem of establishing the East-West position or longitude of a ship at sea, thus revolutionising and extending the possibility of safe long-distance sea travel in the Age of Sail. The problem was considered so intractable, and following the Scilly naval disaster of 1707 so important, that the British Parliament offered the Longitude prize of £20,000 (comparable to £2.66 million/$4.48 million US in modern currency) for the solution.
Harrison came 39th in the BBC's 2002 public poll of the 100 Greatest Britons.
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    http://www.nature.com/news/a-longitude-prize-for-the-twenty-first-century-1.15259




Hi folks,


This time we have an interesting article from the International  press sent to us by our colleague Luis.
Read it and see what you think.
In Britain the government challenges entrepreneurs to solve  a major world problem offering a huge reward. Such a prize is a great motivation.


Or is it?
What do you think?


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