Full name: The Neptune File: A Story of Astronomical Rivalry and the Pioneers of Planet Hunting

Author: Tom Standage Year: 2000 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Science, Non Fiction, History Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780425181737 9780802713636 0425181731 0802713637

Now in paperback, The Neptune File is the first account of the dramatic events surrounding the discovery of the solar system's eighth planet, and the story of two men who were able to see on paper what astronomers looking through telescopes for 200 years did not. Similar books: Seeing and Believing by Richard Panek The Planets by Dava Sobel Parallax by Alan W. Hirshfeld A History of Astronomy from Thales to Kepler by J. L. E. Dreyer The Day We Found the Universe by Marcia Bartusiak Seeing in the Dark by Timothy Ferris Comet by Carl Sagan A History of Astronomy by A. Pannekoek The Glass Universe by Dava Sobel Universe by Martin Rees 365 Starry Nights by Chet Raymo Miss Leavitt's Stars by George Johnson Coming of Age In The Milky Way by Timothy Ferris The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy by James Evans Strange New Worlds by Ray Jayawardhana A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage The Turk by Tom Standage An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage The Code Book by Simon Singh The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan