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The Neptune File : A Story of Astronomical Rivalry and the Pioneers of Planet Hunting (Science Matters)
The Neptune File A Story of Astronomical Rivalry and the Pioneers of Planet Hunting - Science Matters
Author: Tom Standage
The bizarre orbital patterns of Uranus had for years been an nsolved astronomical puzzle. But when English mathematician John Crouch Adams came across them in 1841, he discovered that there was one very important piece missing: The gravitational pull of another planet-a planet no one had ever seen before. If Adams was able to see in the sky what...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780425181737
ISBN-10: 0425181731
Publication Date: 11/1/2001
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Berkley Trade
Book Type: Paperback
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