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    Cover of The hunt for Vulcan

    The hunt for Vulcan

    Thomas Levenson

    "The captivating, all-but-forgotten story of Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and the search for a planet that never existed."--Amazon.com.

    Physics & Cosmology
    Open LibraryAmazon
    Stats for nerds
    2recommend
    2mentions
    2people
    2017–2024years
    100% recommend

    Mentions per year

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    What Hacker News says

    1. RheingoldRiverSep 2024
      Why "instead" ? they seem completely different from each other

      Hunt for Vulcan is a fun history lesson with some interesting insights about human nature. It's history of science, not science. It took about 3 hours to read and I had a lot of fun with it.

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    2. probinsoDec 2017
      consider the lobster

      The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

      cryptonomicon

      The hunt for Vulcan: and how Albert Einstein destroyed a planet

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