{"product_id":"transit-of-venus-nick-lomb-9781615190553","title":"Transit of Venus: 1631 to the Present","description":"\u003cb\u003eA visually spectacular guide to the history, science and significance of Venus's rare transits across the sun--the perfect companion to the transit on June 5, 2012 (the last one until 2117!)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA transit of Venus is one of the rarest and most historically significant planetary alignments--since the invention of the telescope in 1608, there have been only seven. A must-have for all sky-watchers, \u003ci\u003eTransit of Venus\u003c\/i\u003e is packed with scientific and historical context--for example, astronomers calculated the distance from Earth to the Sun by studying the 1769 transit, which Captain Cook famously sailed to uncharted Tahiti to observe. Here also is an unsurpassed breadth of visual material: NASA photographs of Venus, illustrated observations of earlier transits, and rarely published images of the instruments and expeditions made to study them. With this book, the grandeur and history of transits will be accessible to everyone interested in the ceaseless, \u003cbr\u003ewondrous movements of the planets in our solar system.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nick Lomb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1615190554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781615190553\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Experiment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 9.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/31\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2012 pg. 120","brand":"Nick Lomb","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447955566847,"sku":"9781615190553","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_927e650f-1ad4-4eba-acda-a8f8ad5da02e.jpg?v=1777235938","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/transit-of-venus-nick-lomb-9781615190553","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}