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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... never have begun this project had I not had experience with two earlier subjects , so I would like to begin these acknowledgments by thanking them — Clyde Tombaugh , discoverer of the planet Pluto , ' and Bart Bok , the scientist of the ...
... , asteroids , and comets — than at any other time during our relationship . And Gene , Carolyn , and I never let the stories overstretch the exposures . Whatever jokes , stories , educational anecdotes , or other 8 Chapter One.
... never think of it . —SHAKESPEARE , Measure for Measure , 1604 He didn't have a date for his senior prom , but in the small E DIDN'T HAVE a date for his senior prom , but in the small town of Torrenson , Nebraska , that was not a problem ...
... never went to college ? Ex ! And seeing ignorance is the curse of God , Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven . -SHAKESPEARE , Henry VI , circa 1590 In the fall of 1944 at the age of only sixteen , Gene Shoemaker entered Caltech ...
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1948 | 27 |
A Revolution in Earth | 44 |
Impact | 58 |
19531960 | 69 |
19661968 | 101 |
19681969 | 113 |
19691970 | 126 |
19801995 | 184 |
19841995 | 197 |
1993 | 213 |
1994 | 225 |
19951997 | 241 |
1997 | 251 |
Epilogue | 262 |
Notes | 269 |