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Item Details
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SHOEMAKER BY LEVY
THE MAN WHO MADE AN IMPACT |
| By: |
David H. Levy |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£28.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0691002258 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780691002255 |
| Publisher: |
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
This work offers an insight into the life and work of Eugene Shoemaker, the famous scientist who, in 1993 together with David Levy, discovered one of the most remarkable comets ever recorded; Shoemaker-Levy 9, with its several neclei, 5 tails and two sheets of debris. |
| Synopsis: |
It was a lucky twist of fate when, in the early 1980s, David Levy, a writer and amateur astronomer, joined up with the famous scientist Eugene Shoemaker and his wife, Carolyn, to search for comets from an observation post on Palomar Mountain in Southern California. Their collaboration would lead to the 1993 discovery of a remarkable comet, Shoemaker-Levy 9, with its several nuclei, five tails, and two sheets of debris spread out in its orbit plane. A year later, Levy would be by the Shoemakers' side again when their comet ended its four-billion-year-long journey through the solar system and collided with Jupiter in one of the most stunning astronomical displays of the 20th century. Not only did the collision revolutionize our understanding of the history of the solar system, but it also offered a spectacular confirmation of one scientist's life work. As a close friend and colleague of Shoemaker (who died in 1997 at the age of 69), Levy offers an insightful account of his life and the way it has shaped our thinking about the universe. |
| Illustrations: |
39 halftones, 2 tables |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Princeton University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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