Chasing Venus : the race to measure the heavens /

Chasing Venus : the race to measure the heavens /

"The author of the highly acclaimed Founding Gardeners now gives us an enlightening chronicle of the first truly international scientific endeavor--the eighteenth-century quest to observe the transit of Venus and measure the solar system. On June 6, 1761, the world paused to observe a momentous...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wulf, Andrea
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
Edition:1st American ed.
Subjects:
Geodetic astronomy > History > 18th century.
Astronomy > History > 18th century.
SCIENCE / Astronomy.
SCIENCE / History.
HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries.
Venus (Planet) > Transit.
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Call Number: QB205.A2 W85 2012
 
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