Ce livre se propose de faire le point sur ces objets mythiques que sont les comètes. Témoins privilégiés de grands moments de l'exploration cométaire, les auteurs en présentent un récit original et émaillé d'anecdotes, notamment autour de la traque fébrile qui s'est organisée à …
Throughout the ages, comets, enigmatic and beautiful wandering objects that appear for weeks or months, have alternately fascinated and terrified humankind. The result of five years of careful research, Atlas of Great Comets is a generously illustrated reference on thirty of the…
Throughout the ages, comets, enigmatic and beautiful wandering objects that appear for weeks or months, have alternately fascinated and terrified humankind. The result of five years of careful research, this book presents an illustrated reference on thirty of the greatest comets…
Throughout the ages, comets, enigmatic and beautiful wandering objects that appear for weeks or months, have alternately fascinated and terrified humankind. The result of five years of careful research, Atlas of Great Comets is a generously illustrated reference on thirty of the…
A stunning visual reference on thirty of the greatest comets that have been witnessed and documented since the Middle Ages.
Grabbing the attention of poets, politicians and the general public alike, a series of spectacular astronomical events in the late 1800s galvanized Americans to take a greater interest in astronomy than ever before. At a time when the sciences were not yet as well established in…
