A Comet Called Halley
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A Comet Called Halley
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Author : Ian Ridpath
language : en
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Timed to coincide with the crescendo of public interest in the return of Halley's Comet during the autumn of 1985, this short, highly-illustrated book will be ideal for any general reader curious to know more about one of the most mysterious phenomena in the universe. Directly linked to a television programme to be networked by the IBA, the book describes the Comet, its origins and history, tells how it was discovered and explains where best to view it and how to photograph it. The text is complemented by diagrams, sky charts and cumputer animation sequences, some in colour, to make a very readable, easy-to-follow companion for anyone interested in this unique cosmic visitor.
A Comet Called Halley
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Author : Ian Ridpath
language : en
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Release Date : 1985
A Comet Called Halley written by Ian Ridpath and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with categories.
Correspondence And Papers Of Edmond Halley
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Author : Edmond Halley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
Correspondence And Papers Of Edmond Halley written by Edmond Halley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Astronomers categories.
Edmond Halley More Than A Man With A Comet
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Author : D. C. Ipsen
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2004-11-02
Edmond Halley More Than A Man With A Comet written by D. C. Ipsen and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-02 with Science categories.
Today Edmond Halley is known as the scientist whose comet returns every 75 years or so. But he was a man of many talents who did much more than make a prediction about a comet that happen to appear during his time. Probably Halleys biggest impact on history was from an idea for finding the distance to the sun. After viewing a transit of Mercury across the suns face during a starmapping trip to the southern hemisphere, Halley hit on the idea of timing a transit of Venus in different parts of the world as a way of discovering the distance to the sun. Halleys scheme would eventually send Captain James Cook on his first voyage into the South Pacific aboard Endeavour years after Halleys death. Halley himself made several scientific trips to southern waters. His aim was to investigate the earths magnetic field, but he was also charged with attempting to discover new lands in the South Atlantic. Beyond a scrap of land many miles off the coast of Brazil, he found nothing new in the way of land. But measurements of the earths magnetism gave support for his ingenious theory of how the earth is put together. Adventurer Halley also gained fame as an early underwater explorer. He developed a diving bell and a diving helmet and used them under the waters of the English Channel, intending eventually to hunt for sunken treasure. Halley was surely the 17th centurys most active promoter of science, serving for years as editor for publications of the influential Royal Society. He is acclaimed for encouraging the reluctant Isaac Newton to publish his ideas about motion and gravity. Altogether, Halley gave the world much more than a name for a speedy comet.
The Return Of Halley S Comet
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
The Return Of Halley S Comet written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Halley's comet categories.
A Comet Called Halley
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Author : Ian Ridpath
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
A Comet Called Halley written by Ian Ridpath and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Halley's comet categories.
Timed to coincide with the crescendo of public interest in the return of Halley's Comet during the autumn of 1985, this short, highly-illustrated book will be ideal for any general reader curious to know more about one of the most mysterious phenomena in the universe. Directly linked to a television programme to be networked by the IBA, the book describes the Comet, its origins and history, tells how it was discovered and explains where best to view it and how to photograph it. The text is complemented by diagrams, sky charts and cumputer animation sequences, some in colour, to make a very readable, easy-to-follow companion for anyone interested in this unique cosmic visitor.
Halley Comet 1986
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Author : Franklyn Mansfield Branley
language : en
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Release Date : 1983
Halley Comet 1986 written by Franklyn Mansfield Branley and has been published by Dutton Juvenile this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Describes the sightings of Halley's comet throughout history and how its movements were definitively charted by the astronomer whose name it bears. Also discusses the composition of comets and their relationship to the earth, other famous comets, and the return of Halley's comet in 1986.
Edmond Halley The Man And His Comet
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Author : Barbara Hooper Heckart
language : en
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
Release Date : 1984
Edmond Halley The Man And His Comet written by Barbara Hooper Heckart and has been published by Children's Press(CT) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Presents the life of the seventeenth-century scientist who made predictions about the comet which bears his name and discusses many other important scientific contributions he made.
Halley S Comet 1910
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Author : Jerred Metz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
Halley S Comet 1910 written by Jerred Metz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Comets categories.
Stories of people and their activities in response to the comet's presence. A slide show of humanity seen through the "magic lantern" of the comet's 1910 apparition.
Comet Halley
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Author : Fred Hoyle
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-06-24
Comet Halley written by Fred Hoyle and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-24 with Fiction categories.
Returning to the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge after a spell at the nuclear research labs of CERN in Geneva, Professor Isaac Newton is plunged into the centre of a baffling mystery. One of his research students, Mike Howarth, has picked up strange signals on his satellite telemetry equipment, signals that appear to emanate from a passing comet. Not long after he has passed the vital data into Isaac Newton's hands, Howarth is found dead. Soon after that, it becomes clear that some people in very high places - including the Kremlin and the White House - are more than a little interested in the remarkable events taking place at the Cavendish. But with the arrival of that most majestic of all celestial bodies, Comet Halley, a third and infinitely more powerful superpower enters the scene. And the Comet's extraordinary intentions - not to mention its devastating methods of communicating them to Earth - promise a new dawn for humanity.