| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 186 pages : illustrations) |
| Contents |
Cover Page -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- Chapter 1. The Dreamer -- Chapter 2. Dawn of a New Cosmology -- Chapter 3. A Sight Never Seen Before -- Chapter 4. Venus Stripped Bare -- Solar and Stellar Parallax -- Chapter 5. The Dance of Two Planets -- Chapter 6. A Call for Action -- Chapter 7. Venus Returns -- Chapter 8. A Second Chance -- Chapter 9. The Next Two Appointments -- Father Hell: Falsely Accused -- Afterthoughts -- Chapter 10. Transits of Fancy -- Chapter 11. A View from Other Worlds -- Toward Distant Suns |
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A Personal Pilgrimage -- Chapter 12. June 8, 2004 -- Appendixes -- 1. Halley's Method -- 2. Times of the Transit of June 8, 2004, for Some Major Cities -- 3. Dales of Some Past and Future Transits -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-179) and index |
| Subject |
SCIENCE / History
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Planets -- Transits.
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| SUBJECT |
Venus (Planet) -- Transit -- 2004
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| Subject |
Venus (Planet)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
99016546 |
| ISBN |
9780691225357 |
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0691225354 |
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