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Neptune File : A Story of Astronomical Rivalry and the Pioneers of Planet Huntin
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- “minor wear on edge of dust jacket.”
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- ISBN
- 9780802713636
- Book Title
- Neptune File : a Story of Astronomical Rivalry and the Pioneers of Planet Hunting
- Publisher
- Walker & Company
- Item Length
- 8.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2000
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Genre
- Science
- Topic
- History, Astronomy
- Item Weight
- 15.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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The Neptune File is the first full account of the dramatic events surrounding the eighth planet's discovery, and the story of two remarkable men who were able to "see" on paper what astronomers looking through telescopes for more than 200 years had overlooked. On June 26, 1841, John Couch Adams, a brilliant young mathematician at Cambridge University, chanced upon a report by England's Astronomer Royal, George Airy, describing unsuccessful attempts to explain the mystifying orbital behavior of the planet Uranus, discovered 65 years earlier. Adams theorized that Uranus's orbit was being affected by the gravitational pull of another, as-yet-unseen planet. Furthermore, he believed that he did not need to see the planet to know where it was. Four years later, his daring mathematical calculations pinpointed the planet's location, but Airy failed to act on them--a controversial lapse that would have international repercussions. Soon after Adams's "proof," a rival French astronomer, Urbain Le Verrier, also calculated the planet's position, and the race was on to actually view it. Found just where Adams and Le Verrier had predicted, the planet was named Neptune--and as the first celestial object located through calculation rather than observation, its discovery pioneered a new method for planet hunting. Drawing on long-lost documents in George Airy's Neptune scrapbook, which resurfaced mysteriously at an observatory in Chile in 1999, The Neptune File is a crackling good human drama and a fascinating exploration of the science that underpins planetary astronomy. And the tale continues to unfold, as Tom Standage relates: Since 1995, astronomers have discovered more than 40 planets outside our solar system, opening an intriguing window on the universe. Yet none of these planets have ever been seen. Their discovery--and the history of science--owes much to the two men who unlocked the secret to locating unseen new worlds.
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Publisher
Walker & Company
ISBN-10
0802713637
ISBN-13
9780802713636
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1767692
Product Key Features
Book Title
Neptune File : a Story of Astronomical Rivalry and the Pioneers of Planet Hunting
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Topic
History, Astronomy
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
15.2 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
21
Lccn
00-043486
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
523.48/1
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Qb36.A2s73 2000
Copyright Date
2000
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