Everybody S Comet

Author : Pierre Bayle
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2000-05-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780791492734

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Various Thoughts on the Occasion of a Comet by Pierre Bayle Pdf

"I tremble when I recall the terrible appearance [the comet] had on Saturday evening in the clear sky, when it was observed by everybody with inexpressible astonishment. It seemed as though the heavens were burning, or as if the very air was on fire...[F]rom this little star stretched out such a wonderfully long tail that even an intellectual man was overcome with trembling; one's hair stood on end as this uncommon, terrible, and indescribable tail came into view...O wonderful almighty God! The heavens show thy might and the earth thy handiwork!" — Eyewitness account of a comet which appeared over Europe on December 24, 1680 The appearance of this comet caused so many panicked inquiries to be made of Pierre Bayle, one of the Enlightenment's greatest thinkers, that he decided to formally respond to them, hence the present work, which first appeared in 1682. The book's principle task was to undermine the influence of "superstition" in political life, and it was here that Bayle made the notorious suggestion, unique in the history of political thought until then, that a decent society of atheists is possible in principle. There is no other English translation of this book in print—the only other version was printed in 1708. This translation is based on a recently revised critical edition of the complete French text and includes a substantial interpretive essay that both elucidates the arguments of the work and indicates the importance of Bayle in the history of the modern Enlightenment.

Author : Alan Hale
Publisher : High Lonesome Books
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015038574375

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Everybody's Comet by Alan Hale Pdf

Discovered in July 1995 by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp, Comet Hale-Bopp was the brightest comet ever seen at its distance. This gives the history of its discovery, explains how to view it from fall 1996 to spring 1997, and explains the relationship of comets to the birth of our solar system, and to asteroids, meteors and eclipses of the sun and moon.

Author : International Astronomical Union. Symposium
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2006-04-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521852005

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Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors (IAU S229) by International Astronomical Union. Symposium Pdf

Proceedings of IAU Symposium 229 on minor bodies of the solar system, for researchers and graduate students of planetary sciences.

Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781665934343

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Off on a Comet by Jules Verne Pdf

Brace yourself for an out-of-this-world adventure in this Jules Verne classic following a small group of survivors set adrift in space by a comet—now with an arresting new look! A comet collides with Earth, causing a portion of the world to go floating off into space with it. On this new asteroid, thirty-six survivors of various nationalities will first need to uncover the truth of their circumstances before adapting to their new environment. But when it’s determined the comet is on a return course to Earth, can the group survive long enough to come up with a plan to get back on the planet?

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UVA:X004065770

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University of Virginia Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : François Arago
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1843
Category : Comets
ISBN : UCBK:B000858718

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The Comet ... by François Arago Pdf

Author : Daniel C Boice,Thomas Hockey
Publisher : Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781643274461

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Comets in the 21st Century by Daniel C Boice,Thomas Hockey Pdf

Have you ever seen a comet? It is a marvelous experience, one that all humans can share, that spawns a deep yearning to understand the spectacle. Have you ever wondered what comets are and why astronomers spend so much time studying them? Now, a comet expert and an astronomical historian have come together to produce the unique book that you now hold in your hands. Using their several decades of teaching experience, the authors have concisely presented the information you need to comprehend these majestic apparitions that grace our night skies. No mathematical proficiency is needed, in fact, this book doesn't contain a single equation! Comets are cosmic Rosetta stones, bridging our current knowledge by digging back to the earliest days of our Solar Systems. How did life arise on Earth? Did comets play a significant role in bringing water and the necessary organic matter to our early Earth? How about the dinosaurs? Were they driven to extinction by a cometary impact 66 million years ago? Comets may be both the enablers and destroyers of life on Earth as we know it. These are some of the tantalizing questions discussed here. If you so desire, steps are given to join the ranks of amateur comet hunters. Astronomy is one of the last sciences where amateurs play a significant role. Your reward for discovery? A comet officially bearing your name in the history books! The next Great Comet is on its way, we just do not know when it will arrive. Armed with this book, you will be ready to enjoy this unforgettable event.

Author : Stephen P. Maran,Laurence A. Marschall
Publisher : BenBella Books, Inc.
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-02-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781935251866

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Galileo's New Universe by Stephen P. Maran,Laurence A. Marschall Pdf

The historical and social implications of the telescope and that instrument's modern-day significance are brought into startling focus in this fascinating account. When Galileo looked to the sky with his perspicillum, or spyglass, roughly 400 years ago, he could not have fathomed the amount of change his astonishing findings—a seemingly flat moon magically transformed into a dynamic, crater-filled orb and a large, black sky suddenly held millions of galaxies—would have on civilizations. Reflecting on how Galileo's world compares with contemporary society, this insightful analysis deftly moves from the cutting-edge technology available in 17th-century Europe to the unbelievable phenomena discovered during the last 50 years, documenting important astronomical advances and the effects they have had over the years.

Author : Steven Carroll
Publisher : Random House
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781448183692

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The Art of the Engine Driver by Steven Carroll Pdf

There they are, still as a photograph, listening for the distant thud of the sun as it prepares to drop from the sky... On a hot summer's night, a family of three are off to a party in their bristling suburbia. But nothing is as it seems and soon we are walking with them through the past lives of a bully, a drunk and a disaffected youth. As the story of the neighbourhood unfolds the old and the new, diesel and steam, town and country all collide - and nobody will be left unaffected. The Art of the Engine Driver is a luminous and evocative take on ordinary suburban lives told with an extraordinary power and depth.

Author : David J. Eicher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107622777

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COMETS! by David J. Eicher Pdf

Practical guide to the history and science of comets, including techniques and tips on how to observe and image them.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1246 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1858
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555032019

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Household Words by Anonim Pdf

Author : Paul Hazard
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781590176399

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The Crisis of the European Mind by Paul Hazard Pdf

Paul Hazard’s magisterial, widely influential, and beloved intellectual history offers an unforgettable account of the birth of the modern European mind in all its dynamic, inquiring, and uncertain glory. Beginning his story in the latter half of the seventeenth century, while also looking back to the Renaissance and forward to the future, Hazard traces the process by which new developments in the sciences, arts, philosophy, and philology came to undermine the stable foundations of the classical world, with its commitment to tradition, stability, proportion, and settled usage. Hazard shows how travelers’ tales and archaeological investigation widened European awareness and acceptance of cultural difference; how the radical rationalism of Spinoza and Richard Simon’s new historical exegesis of the Bible called into question the revealed truths of religion; how the Huguenot Pierre Bayle’s critical dictionary of ideas paved the way for Voltaire and the Enlightenment, even as the empiricism of Locke encouraged a new attention to sensory experience that led to Rousseau and romanticism. Hazard’s range of knowledge is vast, and whether the subject is operas, excavations, or scientific experiments his brilliant style and powers of description bring to life the thinkers who thought up the modern world.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 882 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1911
Category : American periodicals
ISBN : IND:32000000683666

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Everybody's Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Steve Watkins
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780763667153

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Juvie by Steve Watkins Pdf

Heart-wrenching and real, Juvie tells the story of two sisters grappling with accountability, sacrifice — and who will be there to help you after you take the fall. Sadie Windas has always been the responsible one — she’s the star player on her AAU basketball team, she gets good grades, she dates a cute soccer player, and she tries to help out at home. Not like her older sister, Carla, who leaves her three-year-old daughter, Lulu, with Aunt Sadie while she parties and gets high. But when both sisters are caught up in a drug deal — wrong place, wrong time — it falls to Sadie to confess to a crime she didn’t commit to keep Carla out of jail and Lulu out of foster care. Sadie is supposed to get off with a slap on the wrist, but somehow, impossibly, gets sentenced to six months in juvie. As life as Sadie knew it disappears beyond the stark bars of her cell, her anger — at her ex-boyfriend, at Carla, and at herself — fills the empty space left behind. Can Sadie forgive Carla for getting her mixed up in this mess? Can Carla straighten herself out to make a better life for Lulu, and for all of them? Can Sadie survive her time in juvie with her spirit intact?

Author : Carmel Paul Attard
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781663210944

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Faith and Reason by Carmel Paul Attard Pdf

As a Christian you might have asked yourself questions like: How could a benevolent God, “our Father,” punish anyone in fire eternally? How could billions of non-members of my church all be going to hell? How can there be three “Gods” in one God? How can Jesus be both human and divine? Why is the “kingdom of God” in heaven, but we pray for it to “come on earth”? Why is the Bible infallible when it’s littered with textual contradictions? The talking serpent clearly relegates Adam and Eve’s story to the realm of tales. Since they never existed, how could they have committed original sin? So how could we inherit it? And what did Jesus need to redeem us from? It’s been almost two thousand years: will Jesus ever come back to earth? How can Jesus be inside the Eucharist? Faith and Reason shows why and how we’ve come to believe such oddities. “The truth will set you free!” John 8:32 (NIV)