Shoemaker by Levy : : The Man Who Made an Impact / / David H. Levy.
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...
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| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Of Bonding and Discovery: 1993
- Chapter 2 Of Family and Ex: 1925-1948
- Chapter 3 Over the Sea, Over the Sea: 1948
- Chapter 4 Springtime, Carolyn, and the Colorado Plateau: 1948-1952
- Chapter 5 A Revolution in Earth
- Chapter 6 Impact!
- Chapter 7 A Shot in the Dark: 1953-1960
- Chapter 8 A Dream Ends, A Dream Begins: 1960-1963
- Chapter 9 Just Passing By on My Way to the Moon: 1964-1965
- Chapter 10 Surveyor's Golden Years: 1966-1968
- Chapter 11 One Giant Leap: 1968-1969
- Chapter 12 Sail Along, Silvery Moon: 1969-1970
- Chapter 13 Chairman Gene: 1969-1972
- Chapter 14 Shoot-out at the Moenkopi Corral: 1970-1972
- Chapter 15 The Little Prince Revisited: 1972-1979
- Chapter 16 A Ship Sails: 1977-1989
- Chapter 17 Comets and Carolyn: 1980-1995
- Chapter 18 A Rock-Knocking Geologist: 1984-1995
- Chapter 19 Springtime on Jupiter: 1993
- Chapter 20 Yes, Virginia, Comets Do Hit Planets: 1994
- Chapter 21 New Challenges: 1995-1997
- Chapter 22 Dr. Shoemaker, I Presume: 1997
- Epilogue The Last Voyage
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index