Description: THE TRANSITS OF VENUS: A Study of Eighteenth-Century Science - Harry Woolf (1959 Hardcover) From the preface: "The Transits of Venus deals with the eighteenth-century attempt to complete the Newtonian system of the world by determining its actual scalar dimensions. In the fortunate occurrence of the rate transits of Venus, the scientific mind of the Enlightenment believed it had discovered the mechanism for obtaining one of the basic natural constants of physical astronomy, the solar parallax. with this invariant definitively determined, after the great Newtonian achievement that established the laws of dynamic behavior, the size of the solar system could be calculated accurately, and the "final" problem of astronomy solved. ..." FREE MEDIA MAIL SHIPPING TO DOMESTIC ADDRESSES! PRIORITY MAIL available for speedy delivery! International buyers may use eBay's International Shipping Program. And see my other books for sale here!
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Publication Year: 1959
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Book Title: The Transits of Venus: A Study of Eighteenth-Century Science
Author: Harry Woolf
Genre: History, Mathematics & Sciences
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Astronomy
