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Examines the history, legends, and science of comets and explores speculations on the coincidences of great events occurring during the appearances of Halley's Comet
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1982
- ISBN 10 0140060693
- ISBN 13 9780140060690
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages160
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THE COMET IS COMING : The Feverish Legacy of Mr. Halley
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: COLLECTIBLE - NEW. Archival Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. BRAND NEW Copy. Human historical records of the Halley's Comet and man's reading of it's appearance in the Solar System. Comet visible from Earth to the naked eye. First recorded in the official Chinese chronicle Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji) of 240 BC. Halley, in 1682, was the first to determine what we saw were reoccurent re-appearances of the same comet. It seems Emperor Nero, in AD 60, to elude the comet's curse, condemned his successors to death! Then, in our times, the cautious sealed windows in Chicago, 1910, to advert "poisons" borne in the comet's tail. Text supplemented w/color and b/w photos and charts. A history of human conjections and eventual scientific understanding over much time. Last visit 1986; next, mid-2061. Seller Inventory # 000497
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The Comet is Coming!: The Feverish Legacy of Mr. Halley
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