000			01972pam a2200229a 44500
020			_a9781859362143
082			_a520.92 PET
100			_aPeter Aughton
245			_a"The Transit of Venus: The Brief, Brilliant Life of Jeremiah Horrocks, Father of British Astronomy" _c"Aughton, Peter"
260			_aUnited Kingdom _bCarnegie Publishing Ltd _c06/03/2012
300			_a256 _bPaperback
365			_b8.99
505			_aHistory of science
520			_a"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			_aGeneral (US: Trade)
650			_a Solar system: the Sun & planets
650			_aHistory of science
856			_uhttp://us.macmillan.com/author/peteraughton
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