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In this unique and fascinating history of science, acclaimed popular science writer William Sheehan - who was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for Science Writing - and award-winning geographer John Westfall take us back through the centuries to chronicle the intrepid explorations of scientists and adventurers who studied the transits of Venus in the quest for scientific understanding.

The Transits of Venus

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    A Paperback / softback by William Sheehan, John Westfall

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      Publisher: Prometheus Books
      Publication Date: 15/01/2024
      ISBN13: 9781633889491, 978-1633889491
      ISBN10: 1633889491

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      Book Synopsis
      In this unique and fascinating history of science, acclaimed popular science writer William Sheehan - who was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for Science Writing - and award-winning geographer John Westfall take us back through the centuries to chronicle the intrepid explorations of scientists and adventurers who studied the transits of Venus in the quest for scientific understanding.

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