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?

• | By (Author): Andrea Wulf
• | Publisher: Cornerstone
• | Publication Date: Feb 07, 2013
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 352 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0099538326
• | ISBN-13: 9780099538325