A review by acraig5075
Chasing Venus: The Race to Measure the Heavens by Andrea Wulf

4.0

I've long thought that the history of transits of Venus would make for a good book, and here it is! The transits are frequently mentioned in historical books related to surveying, navigation, mapping, etc. Wulf's Chasing Venus is wonderfully readable. I was disappointed that it only covered the 1761 and 1769 transits and none of the subsequent three prior to publication date, notwithstanding these were the seminal ones. It must be said that of the 304 pages, close to 100 of them belong to the bibliography and chapter notes.