Download or read book H lley s Comet Chronicles written by David R. Fogle and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Comets written by David Levy and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Levy brings these "ghostly apparitions" to life. With fascinating scenarios both real and imagined, he shows how comets have wreaked their special havoc on Earth and other planets. Beginning with ground zero as comets take form, we track the paths their icy, rocky masses take around our universe and investigate the enormous potential that future comets have to directly affect the way we live on this planet and what we might find as we travel to other planets. In this extraordinary volume, David Levy shines his expert light on a subject that has long captivated our imaginations and fears, and demonstrates the need for our continued and rapt attention.

Download or read book The Quest for Comets written by David H. Levy and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The brilliant trailing beauty of fiery comets has inspired fear, wonder, and awe since the dawn of human history. Brighter than stars, moving and disappearing in their own singular orbits, comets have been among the most mysterious elements in the sky, eluding our understanding until very recently. With the aid of space probes, scientists have discovered that these swiftly moving chunks of ice and carbon are more plentiful and far more dangerous than suspected. Scientists are also beginning to realize the monumental role played by comets in the development of the Earth and solar system. David Levy describes in dramatic detail the thrilling yet often devastating effects of comet collisions. In the dawn of our solar system, the Earth was barraged with comets that may have carried the materials necessary to lay the foundations for life on this planet. Levy also presents compelling evidence for later comet collisions, including those of the age of dinosaurs. Great impacts, Levy asserts, not only caused the extinction of the dinesaurs, but ushered in new species of life. As Levy so clearly explains, scientists are realizing that comet collisions are virtually inevitable. Levy reveals possible future collisions with the Earth and describes the terrible risks to life they would pose. He even shows how we might prepare to withstand the impact of large comets in the future.

Download or read book The Comet Book written by Robert DeWitt Chapman and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 1984 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Comet Lore written by Edwin Emerson and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Halley s Comet written by Dennis B. Fradin and published by Children's Press(CT). This book was released on 1985 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the general characteristics of comets and gives a brief history of Halley's comet discussing its expected reappearance in late 1985-early 1986.

Download or read book Comet Halley written by Mark Littmann and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows the comet through one full 7.6 billion mile circuit, explores history leading to present understanding of comets, emphasizes the work of Edmond Halley, and discusses the current theories of comet origin.

Download or read book The Comet is Coming written by Nigel Calder and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Comet Lore written by Edwin Emerson, Jr. and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-01-05 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Comet Lore: Halley's Comet In History And Astronomy Edwin Emerson Printed by the Schilling Press, 1910 Comets; Halley's comet

Download or read book Comet written by Carl Sagan and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHAT ARE THESE GRACEFUL VISITORS TO OUR SKIES? WE NOW KNOW THAT THEY BRING BOTH LIFE AND DEATH AND TEACH US ABOUT OUR ORIGINS. Comet begins with a breathtaking journey through space astride a comet. Pulitzer Prize-winning astronomer Carl Sagan, author of Cosmos and Contact, and writer Ann Druyan explore the origin, nature, and future of comets, and the exotic myths and portents attached to them. The authors show how comets have spurred some of the great discoveries in the history of science and raise intriguing questions about these brilliant visitors from the interstellar dark. Were the fates of the dinosaurs and the origins of humans tied to the wanderings of a comet? Are comets the building blocks from which worlds are formed? Lavishly illustrated with photographs and specially commissioned full-color paintings, Comet is an enthralling adventure, indispensable for anyone who has ever gazed up at the heavens and wondered why. "SIMPLY THE BEST." *The Times of London "FASCINATING, EVOCATIVE, INSPIRING." *The Washington Post "COMET HUMANIZES SCIENCE. A BEAUTIFUL, INTERESTING BOOK." *United Press International "MASTERFUL . . . SCIENCE, POETRY, AND IMAGINATION." *The Atlanta Journal & Constitution

Download or read book Halley the Once in a lifetime Comet written by David A. Allen and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Halley s Comet Again written by Henry Harvey Fuson and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Comets written by David H. Levy and published by Touchstone. This book was released on 1994 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible, illustrated guide to the history of comets explores the perennial beliefs that comets affect human behavior and foretell the future, the possibility of a comet's collision with Earth, and the latest discoveries. Original. 25,000 first printing.

Download or read book Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle written by James Silk Buckingham and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Everybody s Comet written by Alan Hale and published by High Lonesome Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discovered in July 1995 by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp, Comet Hale-Bopp was the brightest comet ever seen at its distance. This gives the history of its discovery, explains how to view it from fall 1996 to spring 1997, and explains the relationship of comets to the birth of our solar system, and to asteroids, meteors and eclipses of the sun and moon.

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Download or read book The Further Adventures of Halley s Comet written by John Calvin Batchelor and published by St Martins Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Halley's Comet, scheduled for 1986, has already subtly affected such Earth people of the '80s as Effert Broadsword, corporate rebel, Wavy Rufus, senile visionary cometologist, and three mysterious pilgrims traveling through time