Vulcan | Litsy

Hunt for Vulcan: . . . and How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe | Thomas Levenson

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(2015) In the 19th century, Newton's laws were applied to astrophysics, but failed to explain the orbit of Mercury ... unless there were an undiscovered planet even closer to the sun. A generation of astronomers searched for (and sometimes sighted) a planet which it turns out doesn't exist. Levenson describes their efforts, with lessons about how science proceeds when observations don't match theory. Interesting, brief, and accessible (math-free!)

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tournevis

Vulcan | Thomas Levenson

Tattoo done! It says "Dif-tor heh smusma," or "Live long and prosper" in Vulcan calligraphy. #llap #tattoo ?

cobwebmoth Too cool! 5y

Karisa So graceful! It almost looks like musical notes.💗 5y

writerlibrarian Lovely 😊 5y

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Meaw_catlady Love it!!! Wow! Great job! 🖖🖖🖖 5y

ju.ca.no Pretty! 5y

tournevis @Karisa That's what the designers of the Vulcan language were going for, actually! 5y

Megabooks So effing awesome!! 🖖🏻🖖🏻🖖🏻 5y

tournevis @cobwebmoth @writerlibrarian @Meaw_catlady @ju.ca.no 😘🖖😘 5y

tournevis @Megabooks It is! That tattoo guy is a keeper. 5y

Chrissyreadit Nice! 5y

CouronneDhiver Whoa! That‘s an especially cool one 5y

khooliha I have thought of getting an IDIC tattoo in a similar style, but I'm a real pain wimp so it has been only thoughts. 5y

Gissy 🖖 5y

LibrarianRyan Very cool 5y

tournevis @Chrissyreadit @CouronneDhiver @khooliha @Gissy @LibrarianRyan 😘🖖😘🖖 5y

cozypunk Damn, that's gorgeous. 4y

tournevis @dandy.punk It's my favourite of my tattoos 4y

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Giannagm

Hunt for Vulcan: . . . and How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe | Thomas Levenson

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Concise, easy to understand book about how science advances.

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Jessicav

Hunt for Vulcan: . . . and How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe | Thomas Levenson

I accidentally went shopping at lunch. Whoops. #noregrets #bookhaul

HardcoverHearts It happens!! 8y

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Darthdad

Hunt for Vulcan: . . . and How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe | Thomas Levenson

A lot of blanks left in the 2016 read harder challenge. I'm going to have to step it up in the next four months to make it happen.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I really need to update my list too and see where I'm at. 8y

susanw I think every person doing this challenge has Harry Potter for 'read a play'! 8y

shaelyni I'm doing the Popsugar Reading Challenge for 2016 and I still have many blanks left.. There's so much I want to read and not many are falling into my remaining categories! 8y

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