In the nineteenth century, the British Government spent money measuring the distance between the earth and the sun using observations of the transit of Venus. This book presents a narrative of the two Victorian transit programmes. It draws out their cultural significance and explores the nature of "big science" in late-Victorian Britain.
ISBN: | 9780822966449 |
Publication date: | 28th June 2021 |
Author: | Jessica Ratcliff |
Publisher: | University of Pittsburgh Press |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 232 pages |
Series: | Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century |
Genres: |
Philosophy of science |