The Neptune File: A Story of Astronomical Rivalry and the Pioneers of Planet Hunting
Tom Standage
240 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0425181731
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 2001
AstronomyBiographyHistoryHistory Of ScienceNonfictionScienceSpace
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.