The Hunt for Vulcan: How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet and Deciphered the Universe by Thomas Levenson

The Hunt for Vulcan: How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet and Deciphered the Universe

Thomas Levenson

256 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative reflective fast-paced
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In 1859, the brilliant scientist Urbain LeVerrier discovered that the planet Mercury has a wobble, that its orbit shifts over time. His explanation was that there had to be an unseen planet circling even closer to the sun. He called the planet Vul...

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