Chasing Venus: The Race to Measure the Heavens by Wulf, Andrea

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2012. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2012. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2012. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Knopf, 2012-05-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.

New York, NY: Knopf Publishing Group, 2012. Hard cover. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Maps. Audience: General/trade.

Knopf, May 2012. Hardcover. New/As New.

Knopf, 2012-05-01. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Alfred A. Knopf, 2012; stated First American Edition, no later printings indicated; xxvi, 304pp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; bottom corners bumped, else wear to edges of boards is very minor, black titling remains bold; text very good throughout. Very minor wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. First American Edition [stated], presumed First printing. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Saskia Manners (Author photograph). xxvi, 304, [4] pages. Author's Note. Dramatis Personae. Footnotes. Illustrations. Maps. List of Observers 1761. List of Observers 1769. Selected Bibliography, Sources, and Abbreviations. Notes. Index. DJ has some wear, soiling, and a scuff. Andrea Wulf (born 1972) is a German-British historian and writer who has written books, newspaper articles and book reviews. Her book The Brother Gardeners received a CBHL Annual Literature Award in 2010. In 2016, she won the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize and the Royal Geographical Society's Ness Award for her book The Invention of Nature. Chasing Venus: the Race to Measure the Heavens is a non-fiction book about expeditions of scientists who set off around the world in 1761 and 1769 to collect data relating to the transit of Venus and thereby to measure and understand better the universe.… Read More