Book ID: CBB000110245

June 8, 2004: Venus in Transit (2000)

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Maor, Eli (Author)


Princeton University Press


Publication Date: 2000
Physical Details: xiv + 186 pp., illus., figs., tables, apps., bibl., index
Language: English

Description Includes history of previous transits of Venus.


Citation URI
https://data.isiscb.org/isis/citation/CBB000110245/

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Authors & Contributors
Sheehan, William
Barton, William M.
Wulf, Andrea
Westfall, John Edward
Todd, Robert B.
Tobin, William
Journals
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Acta Historica Astronomiae
Perspectives on Science
História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Archive for History of Exact Sciences
Publishers
University of New South Wales Press
Springer
Princeton University Press
Gradiva
Awa Press
Alfred A. Knopf
Concepts
Venus
Astronomy
Eclipses; transits; occultations; conjunctions
Solar system; planets
Mercury (planet)
Observation
People
Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasilevich
Loureiro, João de
Horrocks, Jeremiah
Heraclides Ponticos
Cook, James
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
Ancient
17th century
Early modern
Modern
Places
England
Tahiti
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Romania
Russia
Greece
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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