The transit of Venus : enterprise in Victorian Britain / by Jessica Ratcliff.
Pubblicazione:
London : Pickering & Chatto, 2008.
Descrizione fisica:
IX, 220 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Serie:
Science and culture in the nineteenth century ; 3
Contiene:
Indice: Acknowledgements. List of Illustrations. Introduction. 1. The precedent: transit of Venus expeditions in 1761 and 1769 2. Big science in Britain (c. 1815-70) 3. Noble science, noble nation: the establishment of transit programmes in Britain and abroad 4. Inside Greenwich: the preparations for 1874 5. The expeditions 6. The outcome. Conclusion. Epilogue: The transit of 1882. Notes. Works cited. Index
