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

Pages: 240
Published: 2000
Language: English

Synopsis

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.