Le Verrier—Magnificent and Detestable Astronomer
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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Series: | Astrophysics and Space Science Library,
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
