Comet

by Carl Sagan

Other authorsAnn Druyan (Author)
Hardcover, 1985

Status

Available

Call number

QB721.S34 1985

Genres

Publication

New York : Random House, c1985.

Description

Explores the fascinating realm of comets answering questions raised by their appearance and delving into the superstitions surrounding them.

User reviews

LibraryThing member aketzle
Well, that took a long time to read! Learned a lot of stuff I promptly forgot again (just like in school!). It was especially interesting to compare a scientist's hopes for the future from decades ago to what has actually developed. Interesting, and depressing and sad. But also very cool in a lot
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LibraryThing member StephenScience
I purchased this book more than once. I bought the book before Halley's Comet returned in 1986. February in Portland is perhaps the worst place and time to comet watch and I was greatly disappointed. It took me until 2018 to read this book and it was more fascinating than I can imagine. I will give
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 copies of these books to my sons. Hopefully they will read it before 2061. Much of the informational is historical so it will still have relevance. It should be fun to see how far astronomy will have advanced by then.
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LibraryThing member jfe16
Journey through space with a comet, then explore the myths that arose around these celestial travelers. In this informative book, readers can investigate the scientific findings surrounding comets while learning how they spurred some great scientific discoveries.

Filled with amazing photographs,
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 sketches, and diagrams, this is a definitive scientific work on comets. Readers with an interest in space science and the universe will find much to appreciate here.

Highly recommended.
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Subjects

Comets
halley's comet

Language

English

Original publication date

1985-11-12

Physical description

xiv, 398 p.; 27 cm

ISBN

0394549082 / 9780394549088

Barcode

506

Other editions

Comet by Carl Sagan (Paperback)
Comet by Carl Sagan (Hardcover)
Comet by Carl Sagan (Hardcover)

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