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Comets Donald K. Yeomans

Comets By Donald K. Yeomans

Comets by Donald K. Yeomans

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This illustrated volume describes the basic astronomy and physics of comets. Written for both amateur and professional astronomers, the text traces the portrayal of comets in fact and fiction, science and sorcery from the Stone Age to the most recent visitation of Halley's Comet.

Comets Summary

Comets: A Chronological History of Observation, Science, Myth and Folklore by Donald K. Yeomans

Illustrated throughout, this text describes clearly the basic astronomy and physics of comets. It portrays comets in fact and fiction, science and sorcery, from the Stone Age to the most recent visitation from Halley's Comet. The author is technical staff member with NASA and an acclaimed expert in comet science and history.

Table of Contents

The Origin of Cometary Thought; Medieval Views; Johannes Kepler, Galileo, and the Comets of 1607 and 1618; The Comet of 1664: Confusion Reigns; The Comet of 1680: Newton's View from the Shoulders of Giants; The Return of Comet Halley; The Eighteenth Century: The Orbit Computers; The Nineteenth Century: The Shrinking Orbit of Comet Encke, the Disintegration of Comet Biela, and the Meteor Showers; The Physics of Comets; Comet Halley; The Births and Deaths of Comets; Epilogue; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

Additional information

GOR004549106
9780471610113
0471610119
Comets: A Chronological History of Observation, Science, Myth and Folklore by Donald K. Yeomans
Donald K. Yeomans
A Wiley science edition
Used - Very Good
Hardback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
19910208
496
N/A
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