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Hunt for Vulcan: . . . And How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe [Mīkstie vāki]

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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 256 pages, height x width x depth: 204x132x14 mm, weight: 215 g, 20 B/W PHOTOS; 6 CHARTS
  • Izdošanas datums: 02-Aug-2016
  • Izdevniecība: Random House Trade Paperbacks
  • ISBN-10: 0812988302
  • ISBN-13: 9780812988307
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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 256 pages, height x width x depth: 204x132x14 mm, weight: 215 g, 20 B/W PHOTOS; 6 CHARTS
  • Izdošanas datums: 02-Aug-2016
  • Izdevniecība: Random House Trade Paperbacks
  • ISBN-10: 0812988302
  • ISBN-13: 9780812988307
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The head of MIT's Science Writing Program recounts the story of the 50-year-search by the world's top scientists for the “missing” planet Vulcan and Albert Einstein's remarkable proof of the Theory of Relativity, in a unique volume that brings to life one of the strangest episodes in the history of science. Includes six charts.

Preface xi
PART ONE NEWTON TO NEPTUNE (1682--1846)
1 "The Immovable Order of the World"
3(10)
2 "A Happy Thought"
13(14)
3 "That Star is Not on the Map"
27(26)
Interlude: "So Very Occult"
44(9)
PART TWO NEPTUNE TO VULCAN (1846--1878)
4 Thirty-Eight Seconds
53(16)
5 A Disturbing Mass
69(10)
6 "The Search Will End Satisfactorily"
79(13)
7 "So Long Eluding the Hunters"
92(35)
Interlude: "A Special Way of Finding Things Out"
111(16)
PART THREE VULCAN TO EINSTEIN (1905--1915)
8 "The Happiest Thought"
127(15)
9 "Help Me, or Else I'll Go Crazy"
142(18)
10 "Beside Himself With Joy"
160(14)
Postscript: "The Longing to Behold . . . Preexisting Harmony" 174(9)
Acknowledgments 183(4)
Notes 187(20)
Bibliography 207(10)
Illustration Credits 217(2)
Index 219