The Neptune File: A Story of Astronomical Rivalry and the Pioneers of Planet Hunting (Science Matters) - Tapa blanda

Standage, Tom

 
9780425181737: The Neptune File: A Story of Astronomical Rivalry and the Pioneers of Planet Hunting (Science Matters)

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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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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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9780802713636: The Neptune File: A Story of Astronomical Rivalry and the Pioneers of Planet Hunting

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ISBN 10:  0802713637 ISBN 13:  9780802713636
Editorial: Walker & Co, 2000
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