Description
| Product ID: | 9780099538325 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Chasing Venus |
| Subtitle: | The Race to Measure the Heavens |
| Authors: | Author: Andrea Wulf |
| Page Count: | 352 |
| Subjects: | Popular astronomy and space, Popular astronomy & space |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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? 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Windmill Books |
| Publisher Name: | Cornerstone |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2013-02-07 |
