En Busca de Venus / Chasing Venus: The Race to Measure the Heavens - by Andrea Wulf (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"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 6, 1761, the world paused to observe a momentous occasion: the first transit of Venus between the earth and the sun in more than a century. Through that observation, astronomers could calculate the size of the solar system--but only if the transit could be viewed at the same time from many locations. Overcoming incredible odds and political strife, astronomers from Britain, France, Russia, Germany, Sweden, and the American colonies set up observatories in remote corners of the world only to have their efforts thwarted by unpredictable weather and warring armies. Fortunately, transits of Venus occur in pairs: eight years later, the scientists were given a second chance to get it right. Chasing Venus brings to life this extraordinary endeavor: the personalities of eighteenth-century astronomy, the collaborations, discoveries, personal rivalries, volatile international politics, and the race to be first to measure the distances between the planets."--Provided by publisher.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Un emocionante relato de cómo los científicos ilustrados se unieron para medir las profundidades del universo.<br></b><br>El 6 de junio de 1761 cientos de científicos de países europeos y de las colonias norteamericanas fueron enviados a los rincones más remotos de nuestro planeta para observar el raro encuentro celeste entre la Tierra, Venus y el Sol, que permitiría calcular el tamaño del sistema solar. <i>En busca de Venus </i>narra de manera extraordinaria la vida de los hombres y mujeres que se embarcaron en esta compleja y esencial aventura y nos ofrece un vívido retrato de las colaboraciones, las rivalidades y los acontecimientos políticos que fueron obstaculizando cada paso de la investigación. Un libro rebosante de acción, detalles maravillosos y entusiasmo científico que nos revela el espíritu de la Ilustración y la eterna obsesión del hombre por entender el mundo. <p/><b>ENGLISH DESCRIPTION</b> <p/><b>On two days in 1761 and 1769 hundreds of astronomers pointed their telescopes towards the skies to observe a rare astronomical event: the transit of Venus across the face of the sun.</b> <p/> United by this momentous occasion, scientists from around the globe came together to answer the essential question: how can the universe be measured? In<i> Chasing Venus</i> Andrea Wulf paints a vivid portrait of the rivalries, triumphs and misfortunes that befell these men, along with their passion and determination to succeed. This extraordinary book tells their story and how one single event prompted the first international scientific collaboration.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Andrea Wulf</b> (1972) es historiadora y escritora, y da clases en el Royal College of Art. Es autora del bestseller internacional La invención de la naturaleza, conferenciante y colaboradora en prestigiosos medios internacionales.
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