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?
- Uitgeverij
- Van Ditmar Boekenimport B.V.
- Imprint
- Cornerstone
- Uitgegeven als
- Paperback
- Eerste editie
- 01-01-2013
- Laatste editie
- 01-01-2013
- ISBN
- 9780099538325
- Aantal pagina's
- 352
- Taal
- Engels