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Item Information       Summary     More Content     More by this author     Anderson, Mark, 1967-     Subjects     Astronomy -- History -- 18th century.     Astronomers -- History -- 18th century.     Venus (Planet) -- Exploration -- History -- 18th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Anderson, Mark, 1967-       by title:      The day the world di...         MARC Display

The day the world discovered the sun [electronic resource] : an extraordinary story of scientific adventure and the race to track the transit of Venus / Mark Anderson. by Anderson, Mark, 1967- Boston : Da Capo Press, 2012. Subjects Astronomy -- History -- 18th century.   Astronomers -- History -- 18th century.   Venus (Planet) -- Exploration -- History -- 18th century. Electronic Resource http://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=3D3418BC-0FF5-47DB-B88A-BEDD904C0798 This title is available online; click here to access Electronic Resource http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/1486-1/{3D3418BC-0FF5-47DB-B88A-BEDD904C0798}Img100.jpg ISBN:  9780306821066 (electronic bk.) 0306821060 (electronic bk.) Description:  1 online resource (vii, 280 pages, [4] pages of plates) : illustrations Edition:  1st Da Capo Press ed. Contents:  A star in the sun -- The choicest wonders -- Flying bridges -- The mighty dimensions -- The book and the ship -- Voyage en Californie -- Great expedition -- Some unfrequented part -- A shining band -- Fort Venus -- Behind the sky -- Subjects and discoveries -- Sail to the southward -- Eclipse. Requests:  0 Summary:  In the tradition of Longitude, a page-turning story of eighteenth-century astronomers racing to find the distance to the sun and the keys to worldwide navigation.   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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