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Condition
Good
A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover eg. scuff marks, but no holes or tears. If this is a hard cover, the dust jacket may be missing. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. No highlighting of text, no writing in the margins, and no missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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“minor wear on edge of dust jacket.”
Ex Libris
No
Custom Bundle
No
Personalize
No
Inscribed
No
Features
Dust Jacket
Original Language
English
Personalized
No
Intended Audience
Adults
Signed
No
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
Author
Tom Standage
Genre
Science
Topic
History, Astronomy
Item Weight
15.2 Oz
Item Width
6 in
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Walker & Company
ISBN-10
0802713637
ISBN-13
9780802713636
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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
Author
Tom Standage
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

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
00-043486
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
523.48/1
Synopsis
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.
LC Classification Number
QB36.A2S73 2000

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