Book ID: CBB000075808

Fire in the sky: Comets and meteors, the decisive centuries, in British art and science (1998)

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Olson, Roberta J. M. (Author)
Pasachoff, Jay M. (Author)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 1998
Physical Details: xiv + 369 pp.; illus.; notes; bibl.; index

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Review Williams, I. (2000) Review of "Fire in the sky: Comets and meteors, the decisive centuries, in British art and science". Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science (p. 260). unapi

Review Marvin, U.B. (1999) Review of "Fire in the sky: Comets and meteors, the decisive centuries, in British art and science". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 366). unapi

Review Yeomans, D. (1999) Review of "Fire in the sky: Comets and meteors, the decisive centuries, in British art and science". Journal for the History of Astronomy (pp. 327-28). unapi

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Fabrizio Benincasa
Thierry Belleguic
Recio, Gonzalo Luis
McLeod, Alexus
Gianni Fasano
Bekli, Mohamed Reda
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Journal for the History of Astronomy
Vistas in Astronomy
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Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture
Physis: Rivista Internazionale di Storia della Scienza
History of Science
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Springer International
Plenum Press
Nizet
Hermann
Brill
Concepts
Comets; meteors; meteorites
Astronomy
Cosmology
Observation
Meteorology
Primary literature (historical sources)
People
Greslon, Adrien (1618-1697)
al-Miknāsī, Ibn Ġāzī
Averroes
Yarkovsky, I. O.
Whiston, William
Verbiest, Ferdinand
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18th century
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Early modern
Renaissance
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British Isles
Europe
China
Americas
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