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

Standage, Tom

 
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

Sinopsis

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.

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Tom Standage is technology editor at The Economist magazine and the author of four history books, "A History of the World in Six Glasses" (2005), "The Turk" (2002), "The Neptune File" (2000) and "The Victorian Internet" (1998), two of which have been serialized as "Book of the Week" on Radio 4. "The Victorian Internet was made into a Channel 4 documentary, "How The Victorians Wired the World". Tom has previously covered science and technology for a number of newspapers and magazines, including The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, Wired and Prospect. He holds a degree in engineering and computer science from Oxford University, and is the least musical member of a musical family. He is married and lives in Greenwich, London, with his wife and daughter.

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Editorial
Walker & Co
Año de publicación
2000
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0802713637
ISBN 13 
9780802713636
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Número de páginas
240
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