J. P. Nichol (1804-59), astronomer and political economist, was
Regius Professor of Astronomy at the University of Glasgow. He
brought astronomy to a non-scientific audience through his
enthusiastic public lectures and astronomy books. His works include
the popular Views of the Architecture of the Heavens (1837; also
reissued in this series) in which he supported the nebular
hypothesis, which in modified form is the model of star formation
most widely accepted today. Neptune was (in 1846) the first planet
to be discovered by mathematical prediction rather than empirical
observation, and in this book, first published in 1855, Nichol
describes that discovery to a lay readership. Part 1 is an
exposition of the then current view of the solar system and the
research and discoveries which led to that view; Part 2 is
dedicated to Neptune; while the third part explains the
controversies over the planet's discovery.
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