Selected books about the transit of Venus
Just published!
The Transits of Venus by William Sheehan & John
Westfall.
Prometheus Books, 2004. ISBN 1-591-02175-8. Pp. 407,
£15.78/$28.00 (hbk).
June 8, 2004: Venus in Transit by Eli Maor.
Princeton University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-691-04874-6. Pp. xiii + 179, £14.50/$22.95 (hbk).
Transit: When planets cross the Sun by Michael Maunder & Patrick Moore. Springer-Verlag, 2000. ISBN 1-85233-621-8. Pp. viii + 164, £19.00 (pbk).
Both the above books reviewed in the Journal of the BAA by Jacqueline Mitton
Magavelda Press, 2001. ISBN 0 9541013-08, pp. 222. £12.95 (pbk).
A book about the historical Venus transits, reviewed by Robert Steele
The Transit of Venus: The Brief, Brilliant Life of Jeremiah Horrocks, Father of British Astronomy by Peter Aughton