Edmond Halley, the man and his comet
By: by Barbara Hooper Heckart.
Publisher: Childrens Press
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 111
Subjects: Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742 -- Juvenile literature.; Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742.; Astronomers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Comets -- Juvenile literature.; Scientists.; Halley's comet -- Juvenile literature.
Description: Presents the life of the seventeenth-century scientist who made predictions about the comet which bears his name and discusses many other important scientific contributions he made.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 98-101.
Includes index.