Download or read book Journey Around the Sun written by James Gladstone and published by Owlkids. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Halley's Comet tells its own history in this unique STEM book Halley's Comet, visible from Earth only once every 75 years, tells its own story in this unique informational picture book. With each return of the comet, the book highlights human life at that time, and how science has advanced toward a greater understanding of our universe. Told in minimal, poetic text paired with detailed captions for context, the book begins with sightings in ancient civilizations, where for centuries, the comet was a mystery recorded in art and writing. From Edmond Halley's successful prediction of the comet's return in 1758, through the advent of technologies like cameras and eventually a spacecraft that photographed its ice core, Halley's Comet tells an inspiring and wide-reaching story of scientific advancement and cultural history. The book closes by inviting readers to wonder what our world might look like the next time Halley's Comet is visible from earth, expected in 2061. What will the comet "see," next time it passes by on its journey?
Download or read book Return of Halley S Comet written by H. Valencia and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Return of Halleys Comet is a satirical novel by H. Valencia. As literary political fiction and as science-fiction, Return of Halleys Comet is a classic novel in content, plot, and style. Many of its themes, such as love and patriotism, have always been a part of all cultures. Set in a not too distant future The Republics occupied territory is a region of political unrest. Under the control of the Governor General it is has declared War on Barbarism. Though The Republic justifies their rule in the name of a supposed greater good the suspicion is their desire to obtain a recently discovered energy source called Helium Three. The protagonist of the novel, Professor, is a linguist and former officer who volunteers to teach Conversational English at an unnamed regional university. Back home the Professor is going through a something of a mid-life crisis. He spends a majority of his free time hitting golf balls into a mine field until his fate becomes entangled with a few of his students. One of his students in particular is the son of a National Hero. He is brash, opinionated, impulsive, and has a dark secret. Although the Professor has always been a loyal citizen of The Republic he secretly becomes a bit apprehensive of its foreign policies. The more he becomes invested in the lives of the people he was charged to help the complex situations become increasingly difficult to remedy.
Download or read book The Return of Halley s Comet written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes what is known about the structure and behavior of comets, traces the history of Halley's comet, and describes how it will be studied during its 1985-1986 return.
Download or read book Halley s Comet written by Hannes Barnard and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pete de Lange must survive as a teenager in a small Natal town during the 1980s, together with his new-found friends, Sarita and Petrus. In a country marked by turmoil and racial conflict, this is not as easy as it seems. Pete and his friends witnessed a horrendous crime, and the perpetrator is on their case. Will justice prevail? In between all of this, Pete must try to make the first rugby team and win the heart of his high-school crush, Renate. This is an excellent Bildungsroman, full of emotion and nostalgia, set in a troubled country where doing the right thing was not always easy.
Download or read book The New York Times Guide to the Return of Halley s Comet written by Richard Flaste and published by Three Rivers Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Return of Halley s Comet and Popular Apprehensions written by Philippines. Weather Bureau and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Exploration of Halley s Comet written by Michael Grewing and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 1005 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1985/86 apparition of Halley's Comet turned out to be the most important apparition of a comet ever. It provided a worldwide science community with a wealth of exciting new discoveries, the most remarkable of which was undoubtedly the first image of a cometary nucleus. Halley's Comet is the brightest periodic comet, and the most famous of the 750 known comets. With its 76-year period, its recent appearance was truly a "once-in-a-lifetime" observational opportunity. The 1985/86 apparition was the thirtieth consecutive recorded apparition. Five apparitions ago, the English astronomer Edmond Halley discovered the periodicity of "his" comet and correctly predicted its return in 1758, a triumph for science best appreciated in the context of contemporary views, or rather fears, about comets at that time. The increasingly rapid progress in technological development is very much apparent when one compares the dominant tools for cometary research during Halley's next three apparitions: in 1835 studies were made based on drawings ofthe comet; in 1910 photographic plates were used; while in March 1986 an armada of six spacecraft from four space agencies approached the comet and carried out in situ measurements, 1 AU from the Earth. In 1910, nobody could have dreamed that this was possible, and today it is equally difficult to anticipate what scientists will be able to achieve in 2061.
Download or read book The Return of Halley s Comet written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The return of Halley s comet written by William Wallace Campbell and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Essay on the Return of Halleys Comet written by Philip Herbert Cowell and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Return of Halley s Comet written by Patrick Moore and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 1984-08-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Return of Halley s Comet and Popular Apprehensions written by Philippines Weather Bureau and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical account of the return of Halley's Comet in 1910 and the popular fascination and apprehension it generated. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Return of Halley s Comet and Popular Apprehensions written by George M. Zwack and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Return of Halley's Comet and Popular Apprehensions The present paper on "The Return of Halley's Comet and Popular Apprehensions" is the outcome of a misunderstanding. A short time ago, the writer was requested by the Executive Bureau to furnish some notes on Halley's comet which would help to quiet the fears of such persons as might anticipate trouble from its approach to the earth. After finishing the task in a great hurry, he discovered that all that was wanted were a few statements denying the existence of danger. It seemed, however, to the staff of the Weather Bureau and to other perfectly disinterested persons that the discussion should be published. It is said that "history repeats itself" and that "superstitions die hard." If this is true, we may look for all kinds of wild rumors circulated by ignorant or malicious persons, setting forth in glowing colors all the horrors which the "comet" is going to bring upon us poor mortals. It is even stated that these irresponsible mischief-makers are already at work in some sections of Manila. It is believed that the present discussion of these alleged dangers, if given the widest publicity possible, will help in allaying the nightmares of the timid and furnish material to those who desire to dispel the fears of their neighbor. This paper is not intended as a deep and broad investigation according to the strictest requirements of modern science. Even supposing that the writer were capable of such work, the hurry in which this treatise had to be written would not have permitted elaborate calculations and deep researches. The only claim made for it is that it is a plain and honest exposition of the groundlessness of fear in regard to comets in general, and particularly as concerns the present return of Halley's comet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Official Halley s Comet Book written by Brian Harpur and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on the history of Halley's comet and the best places to view it as well as presenting folklore, a guide to astronomers, and a compendium of poetry and literature about comets
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 Return of Halley s Comet written by Andrew Fraknoi and published by . This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
