Transits of Venus

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2012 transit of Venus
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A01=William Sheehan
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Ancient astronomy
Astrology
Astronomers
Astronomical alignment
Astronomy
Author_John Westfall
Author_William Sheehan
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Captain James Cook
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Celestial phenomena
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Copernican revolution
Copernicus
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Edmond Halley
Enlightenment
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Evening Star
Heliocentrism
History of astronomy
Isaac Newton
Jean Chappe d'Auteroche
Jeremiah Horrocks
Johannes Kepler
John Westfall
Kepler's laws of planetary motion
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Mars
Mercury
Milky Way
Modern astronomy
New astronomy
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Physics
Pierre Gassendi
Planet watchers
Planet watching
Planetary alignment
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Product details

  • ISBN 9781633889491
  • Weight: 567g
  • Dimensions: 153 x 223mm
  • Publication Date: 15 Mar 2024
  • Publisher: Prometheus Books
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
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In this unique and fascinating history of science, acclaimed popular science writer William Sheehan - who was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for Science Writing - and award-winning geographer John Westfall take us back through the centuries to chronicle the intrepid explorations of scientists and adventurers who studied the transits of Venus in the quest for scientific understanding.

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