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Comet Madness: How the 1910 Return of Halley’s Comet (Almost) Destroyed Civilization

by Richard Goodrich

Halley’s Comet visits the earth every seventy-five years. Since the dawn of civilization, humans had believed comets were evil portents. In 1705, Edmond Halley liberated humanity from these primordial superstitions (or so it was thought), proving that Newtonian mechanics rather than the will of the gods brought comets into our celestial neighborhood.

Publisher

Prometheus Books, Publishers

Publication date

2023

Format

Print edition

Pages

282

ISBN

9781633888562