text Chasing Venus : the race to measure the heavens
- Summary
- "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 ... Read more
- 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 ; Th... Read more
- Format
- text
- Description
- xxvi, 304 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf 2012
| Library | Location | Status |
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 523 WUL in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
| Library | Location | Status |
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| TADL-WOOD | 523 WUL in Adult Non-fiction | Available |