This book fills the long-standing demand for a guidebook for the curious 9th-grader or 90-year old comet enthusiasts. Biographical details and quotes from Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp humanize the science behind the comet and capture the "feel" of what could well be this decade's (or perhaps century's) astronomical event. The book is filled with photos and illustrations and provides charts and tables to locate and observe the comet. Hockey's lucid description covers the comet's discovery, astronomer's reaction to it, and their preparation for its arrival. He also describes other famous comets, such as Comet Halley, Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Comet Hyakutake. Internationally-recognized, Dr. Hockey is a professional planetary observer and experienced science educator. This book has been selected as main feature of three Science Book Clubs.
Thomas Hockey, the acclaimed author of Book of the Moon, (Prentice Hall, 1986) is Associate Professor of Astronomy, Department of Earth Science, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA. He is a professional planetary observer and experienced science educator. He was an investigator of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 at NASA's Ames Research Center. He is the author of numerous scientific publications, and the producer/director of the video "Clyde Tombaugh and the Discovery of Pluto" (Distributor: Astronomical Society of the Pacific). He is an invited lecturer and keynote speaker at international scientific meetings. His email is Hockey@uni.edu.
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