William Sheehan Books
In Search of Planet Vulcan: The Ghost in Newton's Clockwork Universe
By Baum Richard
Presented for the first time in popular form is the fascinating true story of the search for the phantom planet Vulcan. As with legends of "the lost continent of Atlantis," scientists and dreamers...
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Galactic encounters
Written by William Sheehan, a noted historian of astronomy, and Christopher J. Conselice, a professional astronomer specializing in galaxies in the early universe, this book tells the story of how...
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The Immortal Fire Within: The Life and Work of Edward Emerson Barnard
By Sheehan William, William Sheehan
This, the first full-length biography of Edward Emerson Barnard, tells the remarkable tale of endurance and achievement of one of the leading astronomers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth...
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