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The transit of Venus : the brief, brilliant life of Jeremiah Horrocks, father of British astronomy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aughton, Peter, 1940-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004.
Subjects:
Horrocks, Jeremiah, > 1617?-1641.
Astronomers > Great Britain > Biography.
Astronomy > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Table of Contents:
  • The royal society
  • Toxteth
  • Cambridge
  • Astronomy before Horrocks
  • Horrocks studies the heavens
  • Gravitation and mechanics
  • Transit of Venus
  • The parallax of the sun
  • The motion of the moon
  • War
  • Opera Posthuma
  • Towards posterity.