The transit of Venus
Subtitle: the brief, brilliant life of Jeremiah Horrocks, father of British astronomy
By: Peter Aughton
Publisher: Carnegie
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lancaster
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781859362143
Subjects: Astronomers; Biography; Astronomy; History
Description: "In June 2012 people in the USA will be able to witness the image of Venus crossing the face of the Sun, and the event will not occur again for more than a century. In Lancashire in 1639 Jeremiah Horrocks - to many the father of British astronomy - was the first to predict and see the transit of Venus, and helped transform our understanding of the solar system. He died young, but his legacy is remarkable. ..."--Back cover.
Notes: "A Windrush Press book."

Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references 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: Oper Posthuma; title: Towards posterity.