The Transits of Venus

by William Sheehan and John Edward Westfall

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591021758
• ISBN13: 9781591021759
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 407 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"