Carry on Mr. Bowditch [平裝] (加油，鮑迪奇先生)

內容簡介

Readers today are still fascinated by "Nat," an eighteenth-century nautical wonder and mathematical wizard. Nathaniel Bowditch grew up in a sailor's world—Salem in the early days, when tall-masted ships from foreign ports crowded the wharves. But Nat didn't promise to have the makings of a sailor; he was too physically small. Nat may have been slight of build, but no one guessed that he had the persistence and determination to master sea navigation in the days when men sailed only by "log, lead, and lookout." Nat's long hours of study and observation, collected in his famous work, The American Practical Navigator (also known as the "Sailors' Bible"), stunned the sailing community and made him a New England hero.

一個真實的故事:男孩納撒尼爾‧波蒂奇從小喜歡數學，並夢想著能夠上哈佛大學讀書，可是因為家境貧困，他不得不去書店做一名學徒。可是他沒有放棄夢想，並利用身邊的一切條件，努力自學。最後，他成了一個著名的航海家，並終於獲得了哈佛大學的榮譽學位。