Author:
Sheehan, William, 1954- author.
ImprintLondon : Reaktion Books, 2022.
Imprint2022
Description256 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm.
Note:The 'evening star' -- The telescope: a new phase begins -- Adventures in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- A planet of illusions, and a few facts -- Chasing spectra -- A new era: radar and spacecraft -- What are the clouds made of? -- The surface of Venus -- Life on Venus -- Observing Venus -- Appendix I. Venus data -- Appendix II. Spacecraft missions ot Venus -- Appendix III. Transits of Venus, 1631 to 2255.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (page 243) and index.
