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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
Andrea Wulf
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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