Quest for Comets: An Explosive Trail of Beauty and Danger
by Levy, David H
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0380725266
- ISBN 13
- 9780380725267
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Avon Books/Hearst Publishing, 1995. First Thus. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. 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 advances of today's top-ranked astronomers, and offers an eloquent understanding of the heavens. 282 pages. References, Index. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" Tall. 1995, Avon Books/Hearst Publishing, New York.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027910
- Title
- Quest for Comets: An Explosive Trail of Beauty and Danger
- Author
- Levy, David H
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0380725266
- ISBN 13
- 9780380725267
- Publisher
- Avon Books/Hearst Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- COMETS-POPULARWORKS SCIENCE-POPULAR WORKS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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