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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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Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Language
English
Pages
210

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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
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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
Opera Posthuma
Towards posterity.

Edition Notes

"A Windrush Press book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-204) and index.

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London
Genre
Biography.
Other Titles
Brief, brilliant life of Jeremiah Horrocks.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
520.92
Library of Congress
QB36.H74 A84 2004, QB36.H67

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 210 p. :
Number of pages
210

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OL21112486M
Internet Archive
transitofvenusbr0000augh
ISBN 10
029784721X
OCLC/WorldCat
55872097
Library Thing
1029753
Goodreads
918907

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