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Le Verrier—Magnificent and Detestable Astronomer

James Lequeux

978-1-4614-5565-3

2013
Edition 1
- Translated from the original French by Bernard Sheehan; Edited and with an introduction by Dr. William Sheehan, a neuroscientist and amateur astronomer who is also a research fellow of the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona
- Presents the life and work of the French astronomer Le Verrier who discovered the planet Neptune and became famous
- Provides a comprehensive picture of astronomy in France and to some extent the whole world at the middle of the 19th century
- Explains all important scientific points in simple terms for the non-specialist
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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