An edition of The Hunt for Vulcan
(2016)
The Hunt for Vulcan
...And How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe
2016 Random House Paperback Edition
by Thomas Levenson
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The Hunt for Vulcan: ...And How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe
2016, Random House, Random House Trade Paperbacks
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in English
- 2016 Random House Paperback Edition
0812988302 9780812988307
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Table of Contents
PREFACE. xi
PART ONE: NEWTON TO NEPTUNE (1682-1846)
1. "THE IMMOVABLE ORDER OF THE WORLD". 3
2. "A HAPPY THOUGHT'. 13
3. "THAT STAR IS NOT ON THE MAP". 27
INTERLUDE: "SO VERY OCCULT". 44
PART TWO: NEPTUNE TO VULCAN (1846-1878)
4. THIRTY-EIGHT SECONDS. 53
5. A DISTURBING MASS. 69
6. "THE SEARCH WILL END SATISFACTORILY". 79
7. "SO LONG ELUDING THE HUNTER". 92
INTERLUDE: "A SPECIAL WAY OF FINDING THINGS OUT". 111
PART THREE: VULCAN TO EINSTEIN (1905-1915)
8. "THE HAPPIEST THOUGHT". 127
9. "HELP ME, OR ELSE I'LL GO CRAZY". 142
10. "BESIDE HIMSELF WITH JOY". 160
POSTSCRIPT: "THE LONGING TO BEHOLD...PREEXISTING HARMONY". 174
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 183
NOTES. 187
BIBLIOGRAPHY. 207
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS. 217
INDEX. 219
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