In nineteenth century, the British Government spent money measuring the distance between the earth and the sun using observations of the transit of Venus. This book presents a narrative of the two Victorian transit programmes. It draws out their cultural significance and explores the nature of ‘big science’ in late-Victorian Britain.
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格式 PDF ● 网页 320 ● ISBN 9781851965564 ● 出版者 Pickering & Chatto Publishers ● 发布时间 2008 ● 下载 6 时 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 2802876 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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