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Studies of Pallas in the Early Nineteenth Century - Historical Studies in Asteroid Research (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2017) Loot Price: R3,834
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Studies of Pallas in the Early Nineteenth Century - Historical Studies in Asteroid Research (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2017): Clifford...

Studies of Pallas in the Early Nineteenth Century - Historical Studies in Asteroid Research (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2017)

Clifford J Cunningham

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Based on extensive primary sources, many never previously translated into English, this is the definitive account of the discovery of Pallas as it went from being classified as a new planet to reclassification as the second of a previously unknown group of celestial objects. Cunningham, a dedicated scholar of asteroids, includes a large set of newly translated correspondence as well as the many scientific papers about Pallas in addition to sections of Schroeter's 1805 book on the subject. It was Olbers who discovered Pallas, in 1802, the second of many asteroids that would be officially identified as such. From the Gold Medal offered by the Paris Academy to solve the mystery of Pallas' gravitational perturbations to Gauss' Pallas Anagram, the asteroid remained a lingering mystery to leading thinkers of the time. Representing an intersection of science, mathematics, and philosophy, the puzzle of Pallas occupied the thoughts of an amazing panorama of intellectual giants in Europe in the early 1800s.

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Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin: Switzerland
Release date: November 2016
First published: 2017
Authors: Clifford J Cunningham
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 477
Edition: 2nd ed. 2017
ISBN-13: 978-3-319-32846-1
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science
Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Solar system > General
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LSN: 3-319-32846-8
Barcode: 9783319328461

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