{"product_id":"chasing-venus-andrea-wulf","title":"Chasing Venus (Andrea Wulf)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn two days in 1761 and 1769 hundreds of astronomers pointed their telescopes towards the skies to observe a rare astronomical event: the transit of Venus across the face of the sun.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnited by this momentous occasion, scientists from around the globe came together to answer the essential question: how can the universe be measured? In \u003ci\u003eChasing Venus \u003c\/i\u003eAndrea Wulf paints a vivid portrait of the rivalries, triumphs and misfortunes that befell these men, along with their passion and determination to succeed. This extraordinary book tells their story and how one single event prompted the first international scientific collaboration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAndrea Wulf \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in India and moved to Germany as a child. She lives in London and is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World\u003c\/i\u003e (Winner of the 2015 Costa Biography Award and the 2016 Royal Society Science Book Prize) and \u003ci\u003eMagnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self\u003c\/i\u003e. A member of PEN American Center and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, she is currently a Miller Scholar at the Santa Fe Institute.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-Format, Englisch, 352 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66146930721117,"sku":"K056155933","price":12.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/5615593300001A.jpg?v=1791443309","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/chasing-venus-andrea-wulf","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}