Title:
The hunt for Vulcan : ...and how Albert Einstein destroyed a planet, discovered relativity, and deciphered the universe / Thomas Levenson.
Author:
Levenson, Thomas, author.
Publication Information:
New York : Random House, [2015]
©2015
Call Number:
QB605.2.V85 L48 2015
Abstract:
"The captivating, all-but-forgotten story of Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and the search for a planet that never existed."--Amazon.com.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780812998986
Physical Description:
xv, 229 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Contents:
"The immovable order of the world" -- "A happy thought" -- "That star is not on the map" -- Thirty eight seconds -- A disturbing mass -- "The search will end satisfactorily" -- "So long eluding the hunters" -- "The happiest thought" -- "Help me, or else I'll go crazy" -- "Beside himself with joy".
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