title: Comets: Creators and Destroyers
author:  David H. Levy 
description: Comets have long dwelled in our imaginations as harbingers of fortune, good and bad, and this very human interest lies at the heart of the book. <i>Comets</i>, by astronomer and science writer David H. Levy (one of the discoverers of Comet Shoemaker-Levy, which battered Jupiter in 1994). He proves that you don't have to be a stargazer to succumb to the allure of the comet, inspiring the novice and satisfying the curious with up-to-date scientific fact, speculation, history, literature, and his own obvious enthusiasm for the subject. Whether exploring comets' role in seeding Earth with the building blocks of life or their link to mass extinctions, <i>Comets</i> consistently engages the reader with a conversational tone that provides just the right level of detail. These visitors from the fringes of our solar neighborhood are sure to rise on everyone's Top Ten Lists as the millennium approaches; this book outlines their relationship with our past and our future. <i>--Rob Lightner</i>
zlib_text: Comets in the 21st Century
  A personal guide to experiencing the next great comet!
  
  Comets in the 21st Century
  A personal guide to experiencing the next great comet!
  Daniel C Boice
  Scientific Studies & Consulting, San Antonio, Texas, USA
  Thomas Hockey
  University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA
  With a Foreword by Walter F Huebner
  Morgan & Claypool Publishers
  
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