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June 8, 2004 : Venus in transit /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
[2000]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover Page
- Half-title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Prologue
- Chapter 1. The Dreamer
- Chapter 2. Dawn of a New Cosmology
- Chapter 3. A Sight Never Seen Before
- Chapter 4. Venus Stripped Bare
- Solar and Stellar Parallax
- Chapter 5. The Dance of Two Planets
- Chapter 6. A Call for Action
- Chapter 7. Venus Returns
- Chapter 8. A Second Chance
- Chapter 9. The Next Two Appointments
- Father Hell: Falsely Accused
- Afterthoughts
- Chapter 10. Transits of Fancy
- Chapter 11. A View from Other Worlds
- Toward Distant Suns
- A Personal Pilgrimage
- Chapter 12. June 8, 2004
- Appendixes
- 1. Halley's Method
- 2. Times of the Transit of June 8, 2004, for Some Major Cities
- 3. Dales of Some Past and Future Transits
- Bibliography
- Illustration Credits
- Index