Shoemaker by Levy: The Man Who Made an ImpactPrinceton University Press, 9.2.2021 - 319 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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... Discovery : 1993 3 Chapter 2 Of Family and Ex : 1925–1948 14 Chapter 3 Over the Sea , Over the Sea : 1948 27 Chapter 4 30 Springtime , Carolyn , and the Colorado Plateau : 1948-1952 Chapter 5 A Revolution in Earth 44 Chapter 6 Impact ...
The Man Who Made an Impact David H. Levy. Of Bonding and Discovery : 1993 Strange , is it not ? that of the myriads who Before us pass'd the door of Darkness through , Not one returns to tell us of the Road , Which to ... Discovery: 1993.
... be just plain fun . When Carolyn and I observed together we got downright nonsensical —— the humor kept us going and made the long nights pass quickly . On our very first observing run Of Bonding and Discovery : 1993 5.
... time I asked Gene what he thought of Frank Drake's famous equation on how common life is in our galaxy . The equation reads N = N. fp ne fi fi fe fi where N is the number of intelligent civilizations in our Of Bonding and Discovery : 1993 ...
... discovery is that they detect the motion of a comet or an asteroid ; it is in different places from one film to the next . When Carolyn ... DISCOVERY Even though we were not accomplishing much Of Bonding and Discovery : 1993 9.
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A Revolution in Earth | 44 |
Impact | 58 |
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19661968 | 101 |
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1993 | 213 |
1994 | 225 |
19951997 | 241 |
1997 | 251 |
Epilogue | 262 |
Notes | 269 |