Blar i forfatter Doktorgradsavhandlinger (HSL-fak) "Aspaas, Per Pippin"
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Maximilianus Hell (1720-1792) and the eighteenth-century transits of Venus : a study of jesuit science in Nordic and Central European contexts
Aspaas, Per Pippin (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2012-05-31)In the years 1761 and 1769, the planet Venus passed in front of the Sun as seen from Earth. In that century of Enlightenment, these events – known as transits of Venus – attracted massive interest from the entire world of learning. The monograph "Maximilianus Hell (1720-1792) and the Eighteenth-Century Transits of Venus. A Study of Jesuit Science in Nordic and Central-European Contexts" is a ...