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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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2012.
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| Edition: | 1st American ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- The gauntlet
- Transit 1761. Call to action ; The French are first ; Britain enters the race ; To Siberia ; Getting ready for Venus ; Day of transit, 6 June 1761 ; How far to the sun?
- Transit 1769. A second change ; Russia enters the race ; The most daring voyage of all ; Scandinavia, or, The Land of the Midnight Sun ; The North American continent ; Racing to the four corners of the globe ; Day of transit, 3 June 1769 ; After the transit
- A new dawn
- List of observers, 1761
- List of observers, 1769.
