Mercury’s Perihelion - From Le Verrier to Einstein (1982)

This book is a substantial revision of N. T. Roseveares' doctoral thesis 'A history of the anomalous advance in the perihelion of Mercury, ' accepted by the University of London in 1978. The planet Mercury is both the smallest in the solar system and the nearest to the Sun. These circumstances have always combined to make it a difficult planet for astronomers to observe...