Description: Chasing VenusThe Race to Measure the Heavens Author(s): Andrea Wulf Format: Paperback Publisher: Cornerstone, United Kingdom Imprint: Windmill Books ISBN-13: 9780099538325, 978-0099538325 Synopsis On two days in 1761 and 1769 hundreds of astronomers pointed their telescopes towards the skies to observe a rare astronomical event: the transit of Venus across the face of the sun. United by this momentous occasion, scientists from around the globe came together to answer the essential question: how can the universe be measured? In Chasing Venus Andrea Wulf paints a vivid portrait of the rivalries, triumphs and misfortunes that befell these men, along with their passion and determination to succeed. This extraordinary book tells their story and how one single event prompted the first international scientific collaboration.
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Book Title: Chasing Venus
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Name: Chasing Venus: the Race to Measure the Heavens
Language: English
Publisher: Cornerstone
Item Height: 198 mm
Subject: Science, History, Astronomy
Publication Year: 2013
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 315 g
Author: Andrea Wulf
Item Width: 129 mm
Format: Paperback
