Le Verrier—Magnificent and Detestable Astronomer

• Main Author: Lequeux, James (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 397
• Subjects: Physics.; History.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; History of Science.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

Le Verrier was a superb scientist. His discovery of Neptune in 1846 made him the most famous astronomer of his time. He produced a complete theory of the motions of the planets which served as a basis for planetary ephemeris for a full century. Doing this, he discovered an anomaly in the motion of M...