https://bib.cozmix.cloud/files/original/7e10b1b36de0f0aafa9170f2fa492f2e.jpg 01350e9ed3ac6712b4a9687706f5f7c0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kometen en meteoren Boek Een boek. ISBN International Standard Book Number 471610119 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context KMM0140 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Donald K. Yeomans Title A name given to the resource Comets: A Chronological History of Observation, Science, Myth, and Folklore Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available John Wiley & Sons Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 25 January, 1991 Description An account of the resource <p> Yeomans provides a history of cometary thought—both scientific and superstitious—from the ancient Greeks and Chinese right up to the present. In his last three chapters he discards this straightforward chronological organization for a thematic one, combining the history of twentieth century research with a summation of the current state of knowledge. One of these chapters details studies of Comet Halley.</p> <p> "Myth and folklore” are terms used by Yeomans to describe the beliefs that comets are portents of events, generally unhappy events. He is frequently critical of past thinkers who did not see the division between natural and supernatural in the same way he does. However, his criteria for inclusion was the influence of ideas on contemporary and later thinkers, not whether the ideas were correct or rational in the eyes of modern astronomers.</p> Language A language of the resource nothing Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Hardcover