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 occa...

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Main Author:	Wulf, Andrea
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
Edition:	1st American ed.
Subjects:	Geodetic astronomy > History > 18th century. Astronomy > History > 18th century. Venus (Planet) > Transit.
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