Le Verrier, magnificent and detestable astronomer

Le Verrier was a superb scientist. His discovery of Neptune in 1846 made him the most famous astronomer of his time. He produced a complete theory of the motions of the planets which served as a basis for planetary ephemeris for a full century. Doing this, he discovered an anomaly in the motion of Mercury which later became the first proof of General Relativity. He also founded European meteorology. However his arrogance and bad temper created many enemies, and he was even fired from his position of Director of the Paris Observatory --

Year

2013

Language

English

Series

Astrophysics and space science library -- 397

Publisher

Springer

Editions

1

Pages

337

ISBN

9781461455646

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