An edition of Transit of Venus (2004)

The transit of Venus

the brief, brilliant life of Jeremiah Horrocks, father of British astronomy

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An edition of Transit of Venus (2004)

The transit of Venus

the brief, brilliant life of Jeremiah Horrocks, father of British astronomy

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"In June 2012 people in the USA will be able to witness the image of Venus crossing the face of the Sun, and the event will not occur again for more than a century. In Lancashire in 1639 Jeremiah Horrocks - to many the father of British astronomy - was the first to predict and see the transit of Venus, and helped transform our understanding of the solar system. He died young, but his legacy is remarkable. ..."--Back cover.

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Carnegie
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English

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Subjects

Astronomers, Astronomy, Biography, History, Optische astronomie, Venus (planeet), Astronomy, history

People

Jeremiah Horrocks (1617?-1641)

Places

Great Britain

Times

17th century

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The transit of Venus: the brief, brilliant life of Jeremiah Horrocks, father of British astronomy
2012, Carnegie
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Transit of Venus
April 1, 2006, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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Transit of Venus: The Brief, Brilliant Life of Jeremiah Horrocks, Father of British Astronomy
May 1, 2005, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Limited
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The transit of Venus: the brief, brilliant life of Jeremiah Horrocks, father of British astronomy
2004, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English
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Table of Contents

The Royal Society
Toxteth
Cambridge
Astronomy before Horrocks
Horrocks studies the heavens
Gravitation and mechanics
Transit of Venus
The parallax of the Sun
The motion of the Moon
War
Oper Posthuma
Towards posterity.

Edition Notes

"A Windrush Press book."

Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Lancaster

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
520.92
Library of Congress
QB36.H74 A84 2012

The Physical Object

Pagination
1 volume

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL37019965M
Internet Archive
transitofvenusbr0000augh_i5n9
ISBN 10
1859362141
ISBN 13
9781859362143
OCLC/WorldCat
772973864

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