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?
Specificaties
| ISBN/EAN | 9780099538325 |
| Auteur | Andrea Wulf |
| Uitgever | Van Ditmar Boekenimport B.V. |
| Taal | Engels |
| Uitvoering | Paperback / gebrocheerd |
| Pagina's | 352 |
| Lengte | 196.0 mm |
| Breedte | 129.0 mm |