The transit of Venus
Subtitle: the brief, brilliant life of Jeremiah Horrocks, father of British astronomy
By: Peter Aughton.
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
Subjects: Horrocks, Jeremiah, -- 1617?-1641; Astronomers -- Great Britain -- Biography; Astronomy -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: Brief, brilliant life of Jeremiah Horrocks.
Notes: "A Windrush Press book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-204) and index.
Table of contents: title: The royal society; title: Toxteth; title: Cambridge; title: Astronomy before Horrocks; title: Horrocks studies the heavens; title: Gravitation and mechanics; title: Transit of Venus; title: The parallax of the sun; title: The motion of the moon; title: War; title: Opera Posthuma; title: Towards posterity.