304 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780434021086
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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"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 ...
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inspiring 50%
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Death, War
304 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780434021086
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: Not specified
Description
"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 ...
Community Reviews Summary of 77 reviews
Moods
adventurous 83%
inspiring 50%
funny 16%
hopeful 16%
reflective 16%
tense 16%
Pace
medium 33%
fast 33%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Minor
Death, War