Le VerrierMagnificent and Detestable Astronomer

• 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
• Subjects: Physics.; Science > History.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; History of Science.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5565-3

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...

Table of Contents:

• The young years (1811-1845)
• Neptunes 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 Verriers heritage.