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304 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780307700179
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Knopf
Publication date: Not specified
Description
The author of the highly acclaimed Founding Gardeners now gives us an enlightening chronicle of the first truly international scientific endeavor—the eighteenth-century quest to observe the transit of Venus and measure the solar system. On June...
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inspiring 50%
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Death, War
304 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780307700179
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Knopf
Publication date: Not specified
Description
The author of the highly acclaimed Founding Gardeners now gives us an enlightening chronicle of the first truly international scientific endeavor—the eighteenth-century quest to observe the transit of Venus and measure the solar system. On June...
Community Reviews Summary of 97 reviews
Moods
adventurous 87%
inspiring 50%
funny 12%
hopeful 12%
reflective 12%
tense 12%
Pace
slow 25%
medium 25%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Minor
Death, War