Andrea Wulf
Cornerstone
e druk, 2013
9780099538325
Chasing Venus
The Race to Measure the Heavens
Specificaties
Paperback, 352 blz.
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Cornerstone |
e druk, 2013
ISBN13: 9780099538325
Rubricering
Verwachte levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
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?