Comet Madness
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Comet Madness
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Author : Richard J. Goodrich
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2023-02-15
Comet Madness written by Richard J. Goodrich and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-15 with History categories.
Halley’s Comet visits the earth every seventy-five years. Since the dawn of civilization, humans had believed comets were evil portents. In 1705, Edmond Halley liberated humanity from these primordial superstitions (or so it was thought), proving that Newtonian mechanics rather than the will of the gods brought comets into our celestial neighborhood. Despite this scientific advance, when Halley’s Comet returned in 1910 and astronomers announced that our planet would pass through its poisonous tail, newspapers gleefully provoked a global hysteria that unfolded with tragic consequences. In Comet Madness, author and historian Richard J. Goodrich examines the 1910 appearance of Halley’s Comet and the ensuing frenzy sparked by media manipulation, bogus science, and outright deception. The result is a fascinating and illuminating narrative history that underscores how we behave in the face of potential calamity – then and now. As the comet neared Earth, scientists and journalists alike scrambled to get the story straight as citizens the world over panicked. Popular astronomer Camille Flammarion attempted to allay fears in a newspaper article, but the media ignored his true position that passage would be harmless; weather prophet Irl Hicks, publisher of an annual, pseudo-scientific almanac, announced that the comet would disrupt the world’s weather; religious leaders thumbed the Bible’s Book of Revelation and wondered if the comet presaged the apocalypse. Newspapers, confident that there was gold in these alternate theories, gave every crackpot a megaphone, increasing circulation and stoking international hysteria. As a result, workmen shelved their tools, farmers refused to plant crops they would never harvest, and formerly reliable people stopped paying their creditors. More opportunistic citizens opened “comet insurance” plans. Others suffered mental breakdowns, and some took their own lives. Comet Madness reveals how humans confront the unknown, how scientists learn about the world we inhabit, and how certain people—from outright hucksters to opportunistic journalists—harness fear to produce a profit.
Reading Planet Moon Madness White Comet Street Kids Epub
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Author : Adam Guillain
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2018-02-12
Reading Planet Moon Madness White Comet Street Kids Epub written by Adam Guillain and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-12 with Education categories.
The Comet Street Kids are at a Moon Night at Planet Zoom – but soon get transported to the Moon themselves! They're excited to be back on the planet again – until there’s a moonquake! Luckily, none of them are hurt, but two aliens have lost their daughter. Can they help find her before boiling hot sunlight hits the Moon? Moonquake is part of the Comet Street Kids range of books from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Comet Street Kids is an action-packed character series with highly decodable books for Pink A to White band. Children will love experiencing the amazing adventures of Rav, Asha, Tess, Finn and Stefan! Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and activities to support reading at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 6-7 years
Magic Book One
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Author : Jed MacKay
language : en
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Release Date : 2024-05-29
Magic Book One written by Jed MacKay and has been published by Boom! Studios this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-29 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
Based on the global sensation Magic: The Gathering card game, this softcover edition is the first of two volumes collecting the entirety of BOOM! Studios MAGIC comics–the longest continuous run of Magic comics stories ever–plus extras for hardcore fans! The powerful avatar Marit Lage’s incursion was a distraction from the machinations of an evil in their midst. The metal mage Tezzeret learned of a Planeswalker whose powers could amplify magic, Isona Maive. Though the necromancer Liliana Vess tried to mentor her, Maive fell under Tezzeret’s control. After infiltrating the guilds of Ravnica, Tezzeret plans to use the resources of the Ecumenopolis to bend powerful sites of magic across the Multiverse--and Maive--to his ultimate goal: casting the Elderspell and becoming a god. Chandra Nalaar, Garruk Wildspeaker, and Niko Aris join the Ravnican planeswalkers to call for more allies and stop Tezzeret, whatever the cost. Across the vast Multiverse, only Planeswalkers, those gifted with a “spark,” can tap into the raw power of Magic and travel across realms. Three Planeswalkers from rival guilds in the city world of Ravnica–Ral Zarek, Vraska, and Kaya–band together to investigate a cult intending to restore the ancient being Marit Lage to full power. To prevent Lage’s influence from driving every world in the Multiverse to madness and death, many Planeswalkers must fight together, but only one will make the ultimate sacrifice! Included within are the main series by writer Jed MacKay (Moon Knight, Avengers), and artist Ig Guara (Silk), as well artist French Carlomagno. Collects Magic #1-10.
Magic The Gathering
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Author : Jed MacKay
language : en
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Release Date : 2021-10-13
Magic The Gathering written by Jed MacKay and has been published by Boom! Studios this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-13 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
Across the vast Multiverse, those gifted with a “spark” can tap into the raw power of Magic and travel across realms – they are Planeswalkers, and they are being targeted. When coordinated assassination attempts on Guildmasters Ral Zarek, Vraska, and Kaya rock the city of Ravnica leaving Jace Beleren’s life hanging in the balance, a fuse is lit that threatens not just these three Guilds, but the entire plane of Ravnica. With tensions already high in the city as a comet slowly approaches, the cabal of Planeswalkers will race against time to discover who is behind the attacks, leading them to the only Planeswalker who survived through the Ice Age of Dominaria and discovering who and what lies entombed in the comet's icy core...
Magic 1
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Author : Jed MacKay
language : en
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Release Date : 2021-04-07
Magic 1 written by Jed MacKay and has been published by Boom! Studios this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-07 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
A new beginning for the pop culture phenomenon of Magic starts here from Jed MacKay (Marvel's Black Cat) and Ig Guara (Marvel's Ghost-Spider), perfect for new readers and long time fans. * Across the vast Multiverse, those gifted with a "spark" can tap into the raw power of Magic and travel across realms -they are Planeswalkers. * When coordinated assassination attempts on Guildmasters Ral Zarek, Vraska and Kaya rock the city of Ravnica and leave Jace Belleren's life hanging in the balance, a fuse is lit that threatens not just these three Guilds, but the entire plane of Ravnica. * Now these three must covertly infiltrate the wild plane of Zendikar and form a tenuous alliance to uncover why the targets of the assassins have all been Planeswalkers... * ...which will lead them straight to one of the most enigmatic characters in Magic history!
The Comet And Its Consequences By A Middle Bachelor
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Author : COMET.
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1857
The Comet And Its Consequences By A Middle Bachelor written by COMET. and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1857 with categories.
Star Trek Vol 3
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Author : Gene Rodenberry
language : en
Publisher: Devil's Due Digital
Release Date : 2011
Star Trek Vol 3 written by Gene Rodenberry and has been published by Devil's Due Digital this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
Star Trek
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Author : Len Wein
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Star Trek written by Len Wein and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
Individual issues originally published by Gold Key Comics from 1967 through 1979.
Did Adam And Eve Have Navels Debunking Pseudoscience
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Author : Martin Gardner
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2001-10-17
Did Adam And Eve Have Navels Debunking Pseudoscience written by Martin Gardner and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-10-17 with Science categories.
"[Gardner] zaps his targets with laserlike precision and wit."—Entertainment Weekly Martin Gardner is perhaps the wittiest, most devastating unmasker of scientific fraud and intellectual chicanery of our time. Here he muses on topics as diverse as numerology, New Age anthropology, and the late Senator Claiborne Pell's obsession with UFOs, as he mines Americans' seemingly inexhaustible appetite for bad science. Gardner's funny, brilliantly unsettling exposés of reflexology and urine therapy should be required reading for anyone interested in "alternative" medicine. In a world increasingly tilted toward superstition, Did Adam and Eve Have Navels? will give those of us who prize logic and common sense immense solace and inspiration. "Gardner is a national treasure...I wish [this] could be made compulsory reading in every high school—and in Congress."—Arthur C. Clarke "Nobody alive has done more than Gardner to spread the understanding and appreciation of mathematics, and to dispel superstition."— The New Criterion, John Derbyshire
A New Concept About The Universe
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Author : PSJ (Peet) Schutte
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date :
A New Concept About The Universe written by PSJ (Peet) Schutte and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.