As the most illustrious of all comets glides majestically across the heavens in the winter of 1985-1986, Isaac Asimov heralds its return with this lively and lucid guide to the workings and wonders of comets, telling the fascinating story of how astronomers have unravelled some - but not all - of their mysteries.
Here are some of the questions Asimov throws light on:
Was the Star of Bethlehem in fact a comet?
Was the huge 1908 explosion that flattened a remote Siberian forest a wayward comet fragment?
What new clues to the formation of the solar system are likely to come from space probes televising Halley's Comet in 1986?
Was the Great Extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago caused by a comet winter of globe-enveloping dust clouds similar to those of the nuclear winter scenario?
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Paperback, excellent condition.
Published by Panther Books, 1985
ISBN: 0586066853