The Mystery of Comets
#1619 of 3,809 books · #171 in Science & Technology
Won the Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science (1986).
Discusses the origin and nature of comets, the latest theories surrounding them, and answers questions for the general reader.
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Press
- ISBN-13
- 9780874749717
- Genre
- Topics
Awards
- Phi Beta Kappa Award in ScienceWon(1986)
Other awarded books from Fred L. Whipple
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