The moon that wasn't : the saga of Venus' spurious satellite / Helge Kragh ; with the assistance of Kurt Moller Pedersen.
Pubblicazione:
Basel : Birkhäuser, c2008.
Descrizione fisica:
xii, 199 p. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm
Serie:
Science networks. Historical studies ; 37
Contiene:
Indice: Preface. List of figures. 1. Introduction 2. A moon or not? A century of confusion 3. From climax to anticlimax 4. Contemporary analysis and criticism 5. A spurious but persistent satellite 6. Closure: the discussion of the 1880s 7. Conclusion and a note on the satellites of Uranus. Bibliographical sketches. Bibliography. Index
