Popular Science • History of ideas

Komet dolazi: Uzbudljivo nasljeđe Edmonda Halleyja

Name: Komet dolazi: Uzbudljivo nasljeđe Edmonda Halleyja
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Nigel Calder

Knjiga se bavi fascinantnim svijetom kometa, s naglaskom na Halleyjev komet, čiji je povratak 1986. godine poslužio kao povod za pisanje. Calder istražuje povijest čovjekova odnosa prema kometima, od drevnih mitova do moderne znanosti.

Knjiga prati razvoj astronomije, posebno doprinos Edmonda Halleyja, koji je prvi točno predvidio periodičnu pojavu kometa.Autor opisuje komete kao kozmičke putnike koji putuju brzinama većim od svemirskih brodova, s blistavim glavama i repovima nalik raketama. Detaljno objašnjava njihovo porijeklo iz mitskog Oortova oblaka, građu (prljava snježna gruda), putanje i ulogu u povijesti, uključujući teorije o njihovu utjecaju na izumiranje dinosaura. Calder povezuje komete s kulturnim i znanstvenim preokretima, poput utjecaja na religiju, umjetnost i znanost.

Knjiga je bogato ilustrirana s crno-bijelim i kolor fotografijama, sadrži bibliografiju i kronološki pregled. Pisanje je zanimljivo i pristupačno, spajajući znanstvene činjenice s povijesnim anegdotama. Calder naglašava uzbuđenje oko Halleyjeva kometa, vidljivog golim okom krajem 1985., čime knjiga postaje svojevrsna oda znanstvenom otkriću i čovjekovoj radoznalosti.

Original title

The comet is coming

Translation

Žika Bogdanović, Ognjen Bogdanović

Editor

Ivan Škunca

Dimensions

24 x 17.5 cm

Pages

206

Publisher

Otokar Keršovani, Rijeka, 1985.

Distribution: 5,000 copies

Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.

Language: Croatian.

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