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In the nineteenth century, the British Government spent money measuring the distance between the earth and the sun using observations of the transit of Venus. This book presents a narrative of the two Victorian transit programmes. It draws out their cultural significance and explores the nature of """"big science"""" in late-Victorian Britain.
| ISBN: | 9780822944782 |
| Publisher: | University of Pittsburgh Press |
| Imprint: | University of Pittsburgh Press |
| Pub date: | 01 Jan 2008 |
| Language: | English |
| Number of pages: | 320 |
| Weight: | -1g |
| Height: | 229mm |
| Width: | 152mm |
| Spine width: | 25mm |
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