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In Search of Planet Vulcan: The Ghost in Newton's Clockwork Universe
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Hardcover
from Plenum Pr (May 1, 1997)
9780306455674 | details & prices | 310 pages | 6.25 × 8.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $99.00
Paperback
New edition from Basic Books (July 3, 2003)
9780738208893 | details & prices | 328 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $25.00
About: This text explores a 19th century scientific detective story on one of the most important episodes in the race to explore our solar system when a group of astronomers trained their eyes to the sky looking for a phantom planet, dubbed Vulcan, believed to orbit closer to the Sun then Mercury.
About: This text explores a 19th century scientific detective story on one of the most important episodes in the race to explore our solar system when a group of astronomers trained their eyes to the sky looking for a phantom planet, dubbed Vulcan, believed to orbit closer to the Sun then Mercury.