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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... person really well . ” On that criterion , we got as close as one might expect , going through happy and sad times ... Persons of the Week , and we met President Clinton and Vice President Gore . By the time our observing program ended ...
... person is like . I have tried to accomplish this goal in an objective way , but since the man you are about to meet was very special to me , this book is by no means a journalistic biography . ( I also had a much easier task than the ...
... Shoemaker : a man with the passion to make his science fun , special , and full of love . 1. Brian Marsden , “ The Comet Pair 1988e and 1988g " ( 1988 ) . ACKNOWLEDGMENTS WH RITING a biography of a person's life is xiv Preface.
... person's life is an intensive and personal task ; during the time set aside for it the writer needs to step into the subject's personality , to learn what it was like being the subject . I would never have begun this project had I not ...
... person who found comets . " “ Used to be ? ” Gene asked . On a few occasions , when she said those words , Carolyn would find a comet . She completed her scanning of the first night's films with no luck . It was time for Gene and me to ...
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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 |