The day the world discovered the sun [electronic resource] : an extraordinary story of scientific adventure and the race to track the transit of Venus / Mark Anderson

Author:: Anderson, Mark, 1967-
Published:: Boston : Da Capo Press, 2012.
Edition:: 1st Da Capo Press ed.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (vii, 280 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

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Contents:

A star in the sun -- The choicest wonders -- Flying bridges -- The mighty dimensions -- The book and the ship -- Voyage en Californie -- Great expedition -- Some unfrequented part -- A shining band -- Fort Venus -- Behind the sky -- Subjects and discoveries -- Sail to the southward -- Eclipse.

Summary:

In the tradition of Longitude, a page-turning story of eighteenth-century astronomers racing to find the distance to the sun and the keys to worldwide navigation.

Subject(s):

Astronomy—History—18th century
Astronomers—History—18th century
Venus (Planet)—Exploration—History—18th century

ISBN:

9780306821066 (electronic bk.)
0306821060 (electronic bk.)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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