Le VerrierMagnificent 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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Main Author: Lequeux, James. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 397
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5565-3
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505 0 # |a The young years (1811-1845) -- Neptune s discovery (1845-1846) -- Waiting for the Paris Observatory (1847-1843) -- Director of the Observatory (1844-1870) -- The dictator -- The fall (1870-1872) -- The second reign (1873-1877) -- Longitudes via telegraph -- The creator of European meteorology -- Le Verrier s heritage. 
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