The Neptune File: A Story of Astronomical Rivalry and the Pioneers of Planet Hunting

The Neptune File: A Story of Astronomical Rivalry and the Pioneers of Planet Hunting image
ISBN-10:

0425181731

ISBN-13:

9780425181737

Author(s): Standage, Tom
Edition: Reissue
Released: Jan 01, 2001
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
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Description:

Describes the dramatic events surrounding the discovery of Neptune, the eighth planet in the solar system, and profiles the two men, British mathematician John Couch Adams and French astronomer Urbain Le Verrier who predicted where the planet would be based on mathematical calculations rather than on observation. Reprint.


























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