| Description |
1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-221) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half-title -- Copyright information -- Title page -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Table of contents -- Using this book -- Introduction -- Cometary beliefs and fears -- Comets in art -- Comets in literature and poetry -- Comets in science -- Comet science today -- Great comets in antiquity -- Great comets in the Middle Ages -- Great Comets -- Great Comet of 1471 -- Comet Halley 1531 -- Great Comet of 1556 -- Great Comet of 1577 -- Comet Halley 1607 -- Great Comet of 1618 -- Great Comet of 1664 -- Comet Kirch 1680 -- Comet Halley 1682 -- Great Comet of 1744 -- Comet Halley 1759 -- Comet Messier 1769 -- Comet Flaugergues 1811 -- Comet Halley 1835 -- Great March Comet of 1843 -- Comet Donati 1858 -- Comet Tebbutt 1861 -- Great September Comet of 1882 -- Great January Comet of 1910 -- Comet Halley 1910 -- Comet Arend-Roland 1956 -- Comet Ikeya-Seki 1965 -- Comet Bennett 1970 -- Comet Kohoutek 1973/74 -- Comet West 1976 -- Comet Halley 1986 -- Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 1994 -- Comet Hyakutake 1996 -- Comet Hale-Bopp 1997 -- Comet McNaught 2007 -- Appendix -- Glossary -- Bibliography and references -- Index -- Figure credits. |
| Summary |
A stunning visual reference on thirty of the greatest comets that have been witnessed and documented since the Middle Ages. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Translated from the German. |
| Subject |
Comets -- Popular works.
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Comets. |
| Genre/Form |
Popular works.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Dunlop, Storm, translator.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Stoyan, Ronald. Atlas of great comets. English edition. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015 9781107093492 (DLC) 2015295250 (OCoLC)897445176 |
| ISBN |
9781316145166 (electronic book) |
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1316145166 (electronic book) |
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9781316204986 (electronic book) |
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1316204987 (electronic book) |
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9781107093492 |
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110709349X |
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