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Zusatztext The story of an imagined planet - its birth and demise - and of the human's quest for discovery is chronicled brilliantly' Free Press Journal (Mumbai). Informationen zum Autor Thomas Levenson is the author of Newton and the Counterfeiter , a bestselling book about Newton's time as Master of the Royal Mint. He published The Hunt for Vulcan with Head of Zeus in 2016, a book shortlisted for the Science Book Prize. He teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a frequent visitor to London. Klappentext How Albert Einstein destroyed a planet and deciphered the universe. An entertaining account explaining the strange history of the non-existent Planet Vulcan, which confounded some of the brightest minds of a generation. Zusammenfassung An elegant and entertaining account explaining the strange history of the (non-existent) Planet Vulcan, which confounded the 19th century's brightest minds.
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'Packed with colourful anecdotes, this is a vivid, well-paced and thoroughly enjoyable tale of human delusion and ultimate scientific triumph' Marcus Chown, author of Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You and The Afterglow of Creation .
