Comets - A Chronological History of Observation Science Myth and Folklore

history: Comets - A Chronological History of Observation Science Myth and Folklore

• The Origin of Cometary Thought.
• Medieval Views.
• Johannes Kepler, Galileo, and the Comets of 1607 and 1618.
• The Comet of 1664: Confusion Reigns.
• The Comet of 1680: Newton's View from the Shoulders of Giants.
• The Return of Comet Halley.
• The Eighteenth Century: The Orbit Computers.
• The Nineteenth Century: The Shrinking Orbit of Comet Encke, the Disintegration of Comet Biela, and the Meteor Showers.
• The Physics of Comets.
• Comet Halley.
• The Births and Deaths of Comets.
• Epilogue.
• Appendix.
• Bibliography.

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