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"The Transit of Venus: The Brief, Brilliant Life of Jeremiah Horrocks, Father of British Astronomy" (Record no. 499665)

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fixed length control field 01972pam a2200229a 44500
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781859362143
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 520.92 PET
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Peter Aughton
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title "The Transit of Venus: The Brief, Brilliant Life of Jeremiah Horrocks, Father of British Astronomy"
Statement of responsibility, etc "Aughton, Peter"
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc United Kingdom
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Carnegie Publishing Ltd
Date of publication, distribution, etc 06/03/2012
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 256
Other physical details Paperback
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount 8.99
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note History of science
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "The Transit of Venus is a rare event. It will next be witnessed in the USA during 2012. The story of how it was first observed is a missing chapter in the history of astronomy. Most people might name Newton or Edmund Halley as the greatest British astronomer, but both men drew heavily on the work of a mid-seventeenth-century man from Lancashire, Jeremiah Horrocks. Horrocks was a man ahead of his time. In 1639 he was the first person to see the image of Venus on the face of the sun. He appreciated the true scale of the solar system, charted the positions of the planets more accurately than ever before, and formulated a valid theory for the wanderings of the moon. In the period before the English Civil War of 1642-49, he was considered the greatest astronomer in the kingdom. He died at a tragically early age, but his legacy to science is quite remarkable. This book tells the story of how Horrocks came to predict and view the Transit of Venus in 1639 and emphasises the importance of his scientific legacy."
521 ## - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE
Target audience note General (US: Trade)
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Solar system: the Sun & planets
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element History of science
856 ## - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/author/peteraughton">http://us.macmillan.com/author/peteraughton</a>
906 ## - LOCAL DATA ELEMENT F, LDF (RLIN)
Category 198
Subcategory 128
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25/08/2013 BL99912 16/03/2017   On shelf   6   520.92 PET     Dewey Decimal Classification General Books 07/03/2017 8    
29/11/2013 CA00004744 03/06/2017   On shelf Colombo     520.92/AUG 29/11/2013   Dewey Decimal Classification General Books 19/05/2017 2 Colombo 8.99
29/11/2013 CA00004744 08/04/2025   On shelf Colombo     520.92/AUG 29/11/2013   Dewey Decimal Classification General Books 14/03/2025 6 Colombo 8.99