Shoemaker by Levy - The Man Who Made an ImpactPrinceton University Press, 24.11.2002 - 320 sivua It was a lucky twist of fate when in the early1980s David Levy, a writer and amateur astronomer, joined up with the famous scientist Eugene Shoemaker and his wife, Carolyn, to search for comets from an observation post on Palomar Mountain in Southern California. Their collaboration would lead to the 1993 discovery of the most remarkable comet ever recorded, Shoemaker-Levy 9, with its several nuclei, five tails, and two sheets of debris spread out in its orbit plane. A year later, Levy would be by the Shoemakers' side again when their comet ended its four-billion-year-long journey through the solar system and collided with Jupiter in the most stunning astronomical display of the century. Not only did this collision revolutionize our understanding of the history of the solar system, but it also offered a spectacular confirmation of one scientist's life work. As a close friend and colleague of Shoemaker (who died in 1997 at the age of 69), Levy offers a uniquely insightful account of his life and the way it has shaped our thinking about the universe. |
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Of Bonding and Discovery 1993 | 3 |
Of Family and Ex 19251948 | 14 |
Over the Sea Over the Sea 1948 | 27 |
Springtime Carolyn and the Colorado Plateau 19481952 | 30 |
A Revolution in Earth | 44 |
Impact | 58 |
A Shot in the Dark 19531960 | 69 |
A Dream Ends A Dream Begins 19601963 | 81 |
The Little Prince Revisited 19721979 | 160 |
A Ship Sails 19771989 | 175 |
Comets and Carolyn 19801995 | 184 |
A RockKnocking Geologist 19841995 | 197 |
Springtime on Jupiter 1993 | 213 |
Yes Virginia Comets Do Hit Planets 1994 | 225 |
New Challenges 19951997 | 241 |
Dr Shoemaker I Presume 1997 | 251 |
Just Passing By on My Way to the Moon 19641965 | 92 |
Surveyors Golden Years 19661968 | 101 |
One Giant Leap 19681969 | 113 |
Sail Along Silvery Moon 19691970 | 126 |
Chairman Gene 19691972 | 138 |
Shootout at the Moenkopi Corral 19701972 | 151 |
Epilogue | 262 |
Notes | 269 |
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