The Scientific Odyssey

Episode 3.29: Planet Hunters


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This week we look at the work of William Herschel, Giuseppe Piazzi, Heinrich Olbers, Urbain Le Verrier, Alexis Bouvard and Johann Galle as they discovered new worlds in a Newtonian solar system. We consider the mathematical frameworks of Laplace and the Titius-Bode Law as guiding physical laws for the investigation of the natural universe.

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The Scientific OdysseyBy Dr. Chad Davies

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