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Quest for Comets
by David H. Levy
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- Comments: Type: Remainder First Avon Books Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Remainder. Clean unmarked wraps with light wear around edges, solidly bound; pages moderately toned, quite clean, no marks of any kind. David Levy has spent much of his life pursuing the elusive light of comets and here shares the wonder and exhilaration of the hunt. The co-discoverer of Shoemaker-Levy 9, the comet that collided with Jupiter in 1994, Levy takes the reader on a journey through the ages, from the earliest sightings to the adv
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- ISBN-13: 9780380725267
- ISBN: 0380725266
- Edition: Reprint
- Publication Date: 1995
- Publisher: Harper Perennial
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Brighter than stars, they awe and inspire with their fiery beauty--and hold the potential for incalculable devastation. Titanic masses of ice, dust, and carbon--among the most mysterious and misunderstood bodies in the universe--they date back to the birth of the solar system. Millions of years ago, they may have helped create life on Earth--and, someday, they may destroy it.David H. Levy is the author of 'Quest for Comets', published 1995 under ISBN 9780380725267 and ISBN 0380725266.
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