The Neptune Affair: American Mathematicians Find the World Stage

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Jan 2011

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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #99.04

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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The sensational news of Neptune's observation reached the United States about a month after the initial sighting at the Berlin observatory on 23 September 1846. The ensuing dispute over the priority of discovery captured both popular interest and scientific attention in America. A handful of ambitious scientists viewed the Neptune affair as an opportunity to establish the legitimacy of American science, especially in response to the perceived superiority of European science. This talk will focus on the role of Harvard mathematician Benjamin Peirce in questioning the mathematical particulars of the discovery and shaping related rhetoric to advance the professionalization of American science.

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