Screen LibraryThe moon that wasn't：the saga of Venus' spurious satellite
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Birkhäuser Verlag,
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| Publisher Address: | Basel, Switzerland Boston [Mass.] |
| Publication Dates: | c2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Science networks. Historical studies ; v. 37 |
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| Carrier Form: | xii, 199 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9783764389086 (acid-free paper) 3764389087 (acid-free paper) |
| Index Number: | P185 |
| CLC: | P185.28 |
| Call Number: | P185.28/K893 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-191) and index. Introduction -- A moon or not? A century of confusion -- From climax to anticlimax -- Contemporary analysis and criticism -- A spurious but persistent satellite -- Closure: the discussion of the 1880s -- Conclusion, and a note on the satellites of Uranus. |