Chasing Venus: The Race to Measure the Heavens - Andrea Wulf - Books - Cornerstone - 9780099538325 - February 7, 2013
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Chasing Venus: The Race to Measure the Heavens

Andrea Wulf

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Chasing Venus: The Race to Measure the Heavens

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?


336 pages, Illustrations, maps

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released February 7, 2013
ISBN13 9780099538325
Publishers Cornerstone
Pages 352
Dimensions 135 × 201 × 25 mm   ·   308 g
Language English  

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