ocm21871421, OCoLC, 2019-05-23, 900522s1991 nyua j b 001 0 eng, 90012657, , , GB92-41135, , , 0471610119, 9780471610113, , , , , (OCoLC)21871421, , , DLC, eng, DLC, UKM, PGC, BAKER, NLGGC, BTCTA, YDXCP, G8V, GEBAY, GV9, OCLCQ, ZWZ, OCLCQ, GBVCP, OCLCF, , , QB 721, Y46 1991, 0, 0, QB 721, QB 721, QB 721, P5685, Yeomans, Donald,, , , Comets :, a chronological history of observation, science, myth, and folklore /, Donald K. Yeomans., 1, 0, New York :, Wiley,, 1991., , , New York :, Wiley,, 1991., x, 485 p. :, ill. ;, 26 cm., , , Wiley science editions, 1, , Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-473) and index., , , 1. The origin of cometary thought. Aristotle's Meteorologica ; Seneca's Natural questions ; The Natural history of Pliny the Elder ; The Tetrabiblos of Ptolemy and the Centiloquy -- 2. Medieval views. The period to about 1200 : theology and superstitution ; 1200-1577 : the rebirth of scientific observations ; The comet of 1577 ; Early Chinese contributions to the history of comets -- 3. Johannes Kepler, Galileo, and the comets of 1607 and 1618. The ephemeral comets of Johannes Kepler ; The devil's advocate : Galileo Galilei ; Early seventeenth century views on comets -- 4. The comet of 1664 : confusion reigns. Closed orbits : the comet of 1664 as a permanent object ; Rectilinear orbits : the comet of 1664 as a transitory object -- 5. The comet of 1680 : Newton's view from the shoulders of giants. Kirch and Dörffel ; Newton and Flamsteed -- 6. The return of comet Halley. The predicted return of comet Halley ; The race for recovery ; Recovery at last -- 7. The eighteenth century : the orbit computers. Theoretical work ; The orbit computers ; Cometary thought in the eighteenth century., 8. The nineteenth century : the shrinking orbit of comet Encke, the disintegration of comet Biela, and the meteor showers. Comet Encke and the resisting medium ; The short life of comet Biela ; Comets and meteor showers -- 9. The physics of comets. The introduction of photography ; Composition of the cometary atmosphere and tail ; The formation of cometary tails ; The cometary nucleus -- 10. Comet Halley. The returns of comet Haley ; The Halley spacecraft armada ; the International Halley Watch, and the International Cometary Explorer ; Halley's dust and gas atmosphere ; Comet Halley's nucleus ; Chemical clues for the origin of Comet Halley -- 11. The births and deaths of comets. Interstellar and solar system sources of comets ; The Oort cloud of comets ; Further refinements and alternatives to the Oort cloud ; A possible inner Oort cloud and a comet belt beyond Neptune ; Cometary end states., 0, 0, , , Explains the basic astronomy and physics of comets and features a catalog of cometary apparitions up until 1700., , , Modern Book, , , 1992.189, , , Comets., , 0, Yeomans, Donald K., New York : Wiley, c1991, Online version:, 0, 8, Comets., (OCoLC)624602797, Wiley science editions., , 0, Publisher description, Table of Contents, Inhaltsverzeichnis, 4, 4, 4, 2, , 2, http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/wiley034/90012657.html, http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/onix05/90012657.html, http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780471610113.pdf, Baker & Taylor, BKTY, 35.00, 26.25, 0471610119, , , 0001557548, active, HELD BY AP$ - 1333 OTHER HOLDINGS, , , c, a, m, a, a21871421zDLCdURIhFulliLCCkDDCnSummarytContentsu20131112, a232168747zSQDbSMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORYhLess-than-full batchiLCCkDDCu20100728, a134358024zRBNbBROWN UNIVhFulliLCCkDDCu20100702, a240949911zHLSbHARVARD UNIV, HARVARD COL LIBRhFull batchiLCCkDDCu20100627, a485904644zN15bNEW YORK UNIV, GROUP BATCHLOADhFulliLCCkDDCu20100705, a175474839zPULbPRINCETON UNIVhFulliLCCkDDCu20100722, a368138946zUBYbBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV LIBRhFulliLCCkDDCu20100625, a154366088zMDAVPbAMERICAN INST OF PHYSICShFullu20100721, a132489645zJTCbSHASTA PUB LIBRhPrepubiLCCkDDCu20100727, a132495023zJTCbSHASTA PUB LIBRhPrepubiLCCkDDCu20100628, a155363896zAOWbAMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOC LIBRhFulliLCCkDDCu20100803, a272823567zSTFbSTANFORD UNIV LIBRhFulliLCCkDDCu20100731, a189115554zPAUbUNIV OF PENNSYLVANIAhFulliLCCkDDCu20100803, a267253933zCUDbCAMBRIDGE UNIVhFullu20110809, aZ0bAP$, QB721 .Y46 1991 c.1, QB721 .Y46 1991 c.2, QB721 .Y46 1991 c.3
