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The Hunt for Vulcan by Levenson, Thomas is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Hunt for Vulcan about?
The captivating, all-but-forgotten story of Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and the search for a planet that never existed For more than fifty years, the world’s top scientists searched for the “missing” planet Vulcan, whose existence was mandated by Isaac Newton’s theories of gravity. Countless hours were spent on the hunt for the elusive orb, and some of the era’s most skilled astronomers even claimed to have found it. There was just one problem: It was never there. In The Hunt for Vulcan, Thom
Who reads The Hunt for Vulcan?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Levenson, Thomas
- Publisher
- Random House; Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780812988307
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Psychology, Physics, Astronomy
- Rating
- 4.02 / 5 (960 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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