The Transits of Venus

by William Sheehan, John Westfall

In this unique and fascinating history of science, acclaimed popular science writer William Sheehan - who was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for Science Writing - and award-winning geographer John Westfall take us back through the centuries to chronicle the intrepid explorations of scientists and adventurers who studied the transits of Venus in the quest for scientific understanding.

Genres: Nonfiction

408 pages, Hardcover

First published February 29, 2004

About the author

Dr. William Sheehan is a neuroscientist and amateur astronomer who is also a research fellow of the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizon.

Reviews

[Nathan Henrion · Rating 4 out of 5]

dang...I was about 3 weeks late in reading this...now I have to wait another 120 years for the next transit.