The transit of Venus: How a rare astronomical alignment changed the world
Language: English
Published by Awa Press, Wellington, N.Z., 2007
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Not ex-library. Title page: "The collected lectures of the Royal Society of New Zealand Transit of Venus series broadcast on Radio New Zealand.".
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- Title
- The transit of Venus: How a rare astronomical alignment changed the world
- Author
- Peter Adds, Marilyn Head, Hamish Campbell, Richard Hall, Duncan Steel, Anne Salmond, and Paul Callaghan
- Publisher
- Awa Press, Wellington, N.Z.
- Publication year
- 2007
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0958262977
- ISBN 13
- 9780958262972
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About the Author
Peter Adds is head of the School of Maori Studies at Victoria University in New Zealand. Paul Callaghan is head of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology. Hamish Campbell is the geologist at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Richard Hall is cofounder of the renowned Stonehenge Aotearoa Astronomy Centre in Wairarapa, New Zealand, and the author of How to Gaze at the Southern Stars. Anne Salmond is a professor of Maori studies and anthropology at the University of Auckland. Duncan Steel is the principal research scientist with the Ball Solutions Group and vice president of the Spaceguard Foundation. Marilyn Head is the winner of the 2002 Carter Medal for her services to astronomy education.
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