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Chasing Venus

Chasing Venus

by Andrea Wulf

Geodetic astronomySCIENCE / AstronomySCIENCE / HistoryHISTORY / Expeditions & DiscoveriesTransit
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Die Geschichte des größten wissenschaftlichen Abenteuers im 18. Jahrhundert erzählt dieser Wissenschaftsthriller, der an jenen magischen Moment erinnert, als die Dimensionen des Universums erstmals Kontur gewannen. Bestsellerautorin Andrea Wulf blickt zurück auf den Sommer des Jahres 1769, als beim Venusdurchgang erstmals Wissenschaftler weltweit zusammenarbeiteten, um den Abstand zwischen Sonne und Erde exakt zu ermitteln. Sie reisten in die entlegensten Regionen und bestanden gefährliche Abenteuer.

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Geodetic astronomySCIENCE / AstronomySCIENCE / HistoryHISTORY / Expeditions & DiscoveriesTransitAstronomy

Author

Andrea Wulf

Pages

336

Read time

≈ 8h

Editions

10

Languages

English, German, Spanish

Publisher

Penguin Random House

ISBN

9780307989666

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