num_pages: 240
description: Describes the dramatic events surrounding the discovery of Neptune, the eighth planet in the solar system, and profiles the two men, British mathematician John Couch Adams and French astronomer Urbain Le Verrier who predicted where the planet would be based on mathematical calculations rather than on observation. Reprint.
language: English
title: The Neptune File: A Story of Astronomical Rivalry and the Pioneers of Planet Hunting
titlecomplete: The Neptune File: A Story of Astronomical Rivalry and the Pioneers of Planet Hunting (Science Matters)
genres: Space, History, Astronomy, Biography, Science, History Of Science, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 167
publisher: Berkley Pub Group