| 书目名称 | Neptune: From Grand Discovery to a World Revealed |
| 副标题 | Essays on the 200th |
| 编辑 | William Sheehan,Trudy E. Bell,Robert Smith |
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| 概述 | A major reassessment of the discovery of Neptune from a pan-European perspective.Written by a distinguished team of extensively published researchers.Provides new analysis and theoretical insights int |
| 丛书名称 | Historical & Cultural Astronomy |
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| 描述 | The 1846 discovery of Neptune is one of the most remarkable stories in the history of science and astronomy. John Couch Adams and U.J. Le Verrier both investigated anomalies in the motion of Uranus and independently predicted the existence and location of this new planet. However, interpretations of the events surrounding this discovery have long been mired in controversy. Who first predicted the new planet? Was the discovery just a lucky fluke? The ensuing storm engaged astronomers across Europe and the United States. .Written by an international group of authors, this pathbreaking volume explores in unprecedented depth the contentious history of Neptune’s discovery, drawing on newly discovered documents and re-examining the historical record. In so doing, we gain new understanding of the actions of key individuals and sharper insights into the pressures acting on them. .The discovery of Neptune was a captivating mathematical moment and was widely regarded at the time as the greatest triumph of Newton’s theory of universal gravitation. The book therefore begins with Newton’s development of his ideas of gravity. It examines too the mathematical calculations related to the disco |
| 出版日期 | Book 2021 |
| 关键词 | history of Neptune discovery; Neptune discovery controversy; John Couch Adams; Urbain Le Verrier; Anglo- |
| 版次 | 1 |
| doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54218-4 |
| isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-54220-7 |
| isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-54218-4Series ISSN 2509-310X Series E-ISSN 2509-3118 |
| issn_series | 2509-310X |
| copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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