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X-WR-CALDESC:In Chasing Venus\, New York Times Best Selling a
nd award-winning author Andrea Wulf tells the extraordinary story of the f
irst global scientific collaboration—set amid warring armies\, savage weat
her\, and bitter rivalries. On two days in 1761 and 1769\, astronomers acr
oss the world cast their eyes to the sky to witness a rare sight: Venus tr
aveling across the face of the sun. The two transits were to become the mo
st significant astronomical events in scientific history\, as by recording
the path of Venus and comparing results\, these men hoped to calculate th
e dimensions of our solar system—one of the most pressing questions of the
Enlightenment.\n\nChasing Venus is told as a race across the world
and features a cast of some of the most recognizable names in world histo
ry\, among them Benjamin Franklin\, James Cook\, Mason and Dixon\, and Cat
herine the Great. It is a thrilling adventure story\, a tale of personal t
ragedy and obsession\, and an inspiring account of Enlightenment science a
nd man’s quest to understand the universe.\n\nAndrea Wulf was born in Indi
a and moved to Germany as a child. She lives in Britain\, where she traine
d as a design historian at the Royal College of Art. She is the author of
The Brother Gardeners: Botany\, Empire and the Birth of an Obsession (longlisted for the 2008 Samuel Johnson Prize and winner of the 2010 Ame
rican Horticultural Society Book Award)\, as well as Founding Gardeners
: The Revolutionary Generation\, Nature\, and the Shaping of the American
Nation\, and co-author of This Other Eden: Seven Great Gardens and
300 Years of English History. She has written for the New York Time
s\, the LA Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, the Sund
ay Times\, the Guardian\, and many others. She is a three-time
fellow of the International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello. ww
w.andreawulf.com\n\nRegistration required. Fee: $15 members\, $20 gener
al public\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:In Chasing Venus\, New York Times Best Selling an
d award-winning author Andrea Wulf tells the extraordinary story of the fi
rst global scientific collaboration—set amid warring armies\, savage weath
er\, and bitter rivalries. On two days in 1761 and 1769\, astronomers acro
ss the world cast their eyes to the sky to witness a rare sight: Venus tra
veling across the face of the sun. The two transits were to become the mos
t significant astronomical events in scientific history\, as by recording
the path of Venus and comparing results\, these men hoped to calculate the
dimensions of our solar system—one of the most pressing questions of the
Enlightenment.\n\nChasing Venus is told as a race across the world
and features a cast of some of the most recognizable names in world histor
y\, among them Benjamin Franklin\, James Cook\, Mason and Dixon\, and Cath
erine the Great. It is a thrilling adventure story\, a tale of personal tr
agedy and obsession\, and an inspiring account of Enlightenment science an
d man’s quest to understand the universe.\n\nAndrea Wulf was born in India
and moved to Germany as a child. She lives in Britain\, where she trained
as a design historian at the Royal College of Art. She is the author of <
i>The Brother Gardeners: Botany\, Empire and the Birth of an Obsession
(longlisted for the 2008 Samuel Johnson Prize and winner of the 2010 Amer
ican Horticultural Society Book Award)\, as well as Founding Gardeners:
The Revolutionary Generation\, Nature\, and the Shaping of the American N
ation\, and co-author of This Other Eden: Seven Great Gardens and 3
00 Years of English History. She has written for the New York Times
\, the LA Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, the Sunda
y Times\, the Guardian\, and many others. She is a three-time f
ellow of the International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello. www
.andreawulf.com\n\nRegistration required. Fee: $15 members\, $20 genera
l public\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:Chasing Venus
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