@article{456295,
      recid = {456295},
      author = {Anderson, Mark.},
      title = {The day the world discovered the sun an extraordinary  story of scientific adventure and the race to track the  transit of Venus / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Da Capo Press,},
      address = {Boston :},
      pages = {1 online resource (vii, 280 p., [4] p. of plates) :},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {On June 3, 1769, the planet Venus briefly passed across  the face of the sun in a cosmic alignment that occurs twice  per century. Anticipation of the rare celestial event  sparked a worldwide competition among aspiring global  superpowers, each sending their own scientific expeditions  to far-flung destinations to time the planet's trek.  Anderson reveals the stories of three Venus Transit  voyages-- to the heart of the Arctic, the New World, and  the Pacific-- that risked every mortal peril of a candlelit  age.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/456295},
}