Comets : nature and culture /
Radiating fire and ice, comets as a phenomenon seem part science, part myth. 2000 years ago when a comet shot across the night sky, it convinced the Romans that Julius Caesar was a god. In 1066, Halley's Comet was interpreted as a foreshadowing of the death of Harold the Second in the Battle of...
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London, UK :
Reaktion Books Ltd,
2017.
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| Series: | Earth series (Reaktion Books (Firm))
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