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[ 洋図書 ] Chasing Venus : the race to measure the heavens /

Andrea Wulf. -- Alfred A. Knopf, -- 2012. -- 1st American ed.

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ISBN [0307700178] (hardback)
ISBN13桁 9780307700179 (hardback)
テキストの言語 英語                  
分類：NDC10版 445.2
個人著者標目 Wulf, Andrea.
本タイトル Chasing Venus :
タイトル関連情報 the race to measure the heavens /
著者名 Andrea Wulf.
版表示 1st American ed.
出版地・頒布地 New York :
出版者・頒布者名 Alfred A. Knopf,
出版年・頒布年 2012.
数量 xxvi, 304 p., [8] p. of plates :
他の形態的事項 ill., maps ;
大きさ 25 cm.
書誌注記 Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-237) and index.
内容注記 The gauntlet -- Transit 1761. Call to action ; The French are first ; Britain enters the race ; To Siberia ; Getting ready for Venus ; Day of transit, 6 June 1761 ; How far to the sun? -- Transit 1769. A second change ; Russia enters the race ; The most daring voyage of all ; Scandinavia, or, The Land of the Midnight Sun ; The North American continent ; Racing to the four corners of the globe ; Day of transit, 3 June 1769 ; After the transit -- A new dawn -- List of observers, 1761 -- List of observers, 1769.
要約、抄録、注釈等 "The author of the highly acclaimed Founding Gardeners now gives us an enlightening chronicle of the first truly international scientific endeavor--the eighteenth-century quest to observe the transit of Venus and measure the solar system. On June 6, 1761, the world paused to observe a momentous occasion: the first transit of Venus between the earth and the sun in more than a century. Through that observation, astronomers could calculate the size of the solar system--but only if the transit could be viewed at the same time from many locations. Overcoming incredible odds and political strife, astronomers from Britain, France, Russia, Germany, Sweden, and the American colonies set up observatories in remote corners of the world only to have their efforts thwarted by unpredictable weather and warring armies. Fortunately, transits of Venus occur in pairs: eight years later, the scientists were given a second chance to get it right. Chasing Venus brings to life this extraordinary endeavor: the personalities of eighteenth-century astronomy, the collaborations, discoveries, personal rivalries, volatile international politics, and the race to be first to measure the distances between the planets"--Provided by publisher.,"On June 6, 1761, the world paused to observe a momentous occasion: the first transit of Venus between the Earth and the sun in more than a century. Through that observation, astronomers could calculate the size of the solar system--but only if the transit could be viewed at the same time from many locations. Overcoming incredible odds and political strife, astronomers from Britain, France, Russia, Germany, Sweden, and the American colonies set up observatories in remote corners of the world only to have their efforts thwarted by unpredictable weather and warring armies. Fortunately, transits of Venus occur in pairs: eight years later, the scientists were given a second chance to get it right. Chasing Venus brings to life this extraordinary endeavor: the personalities of eighteenth-century astronomy, the collaborations, discoveries, personal rivalries, volatile international politics, and the race to be first to measure the distances between the planets"--Provided by publisher.
一般件名 Geodetic astronomy -- History -- 18th century.
Astronomy -- History -- 18th century.
地名件名 Venus (Planet) -- Transit.
資料情報1 『Chasing Venus : the race to measure the heavens /』1st American ed.　Andrea Wulf.　Alfred A. Knopf,　2012. （所蔵館：中央　 請求記号：F/445.2/W96/C　 資料コード：7103143657）
URL https://catalog.library.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/winj/opac/switch-detail.do?lang=ja&bibid=1352008840

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