The fascinating story of the world's first international scientific collaboration.
Andrea Wulf was born in India and moved to Germany as a child. She trained as a design historian at the Royal College of Art and is the author of The Brother Gardeners (longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2008 and winner of the American Horticultural Society 2010 Book Award), The Founding Gardeners and the co-author (with Emma Gieben-Gamal) of This Other Eden- Seven Great Gardens and 300 Years of English History. She has written for The New York Times, the Guardian, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times and many others. She lives in London.
Andrea Wulf's story of the chase is an enthralling, nail-biting
thriller and will undoubtedly prove one of the non-fiction books of
the year. Even if you fail to see the Transit, don't miss this
wonderful book
*Daily Mail*
A fine example of scientific storytelling about astronomers of the
Enlightenment observing the transit of Venus ... narrated with
elegant expertise.
*The Times*
Historian Andrea Wulf’s Chasing Venus is beautifully paced,
alternating between expeditions, with lush descriptions of the
often arduous journeys involved.
*Nature*
[a] truly excellent book…Andrea Wulf tell[s] the rip-roaring tales
of numerous expeditions that set off around the globe to observe
the Venusian transit of 1761…[She] communicate[s] the verve and
energy – not to mention the perilous nature – of the
expeditions.
*New Scientist*
It charts the story of a truly international effort; to not only
observe the transit ... but to present the real quest that was to
finally determine the distance between the Earth and the Sun ...
[an] outstanding book! It's the book of the year so far – do not
miss it!
*Astronomy Now*
Andrea Wulf's story of the chase is an enthralling, nail-biting
thriller and will undoubtedly prove one of the non-fiction
books of the year. Even if you fail to see the Transit, don't
miss this wonderful book -- John Harding * Daily Mail *
A fine example of scientific storytelling about astronomers of
the Enlightenment observing the transit of Venus ...
narrated with elegant expertise. -- Iain Finlayson * The
Times *
Historian Andrea Wulf's Chasing Venus is beautifully
paced, alternating between expe ditions, with lush
descriptions of the often arduous journeys involved. * Nature
*
[a] truly excellent book...Andrea Wulf tell[s] the
rip-roaring tales of numerous expeditions that set off
around the globe to observe the Venusian transit of 1761...[She]
communicate[s] the verve and energy - not to mention the
perilous nature - of the expeditions. -- Marcus Chown * New
Scientist *
It charts the story of a truly international effort; to not only
observe the transit ... but to present the real quest that was to
finally determine the distance between the Earth and the Sun ...
[an] outstanding book! It's the book of the year
so far - do not miss it! * Astronomy Now *
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