Shoemaker by Levy : the man who made an impact
Offers an account of Eugene Shoemaker's life and the way it has shaped our thinking about the universe. This book reconstructs the journey that began with a young geologist's desire to go to the moon in the late 1940's.
Print Book, English, ©2000
Princeton University Press, Princeton, ©2000
Biography
xvi, 303 p. : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
9780691002255, 9780691113258, 0691002258, 0691113254
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Preface ix Acknowledgments xv Chapter 1: Of Bonding and Discovery: 1993 3 Chapter 2: Of Family and Ex: 1925-1948 14 Chapter 3: Over the Sea, Over the Sea: 1948 27 Chapter 4: Springtime, Carolyn, and the Colorado Plateau: 1948-1952 30 Chapter 5: A Revolution in Earth 44 Chapter 6: Impact! 58 Chapter 7: A Shun in the Dark: 1953-1960 69 Chapter 8: A Dream Ends, A Dream Begins: 1960-1963 81 Chapter 9: Just Passing By on My Way to the Moon: 1964-1965 92 Chapter 10: Surveyor's Golden Years: 1966-1968 101 Chapter 11: One Giant Leap: 1968-1969 113 Chapter 12: Sail Along, Silvery Moon: 1969-1970 126 Chapter 13: Chairman Gene: 1969-1972 138 Chapter 14: Shoot-out at the Moenkopi Corral: 1970-1972 151 Chapter 15: The Little Prince Revisited: 1972-1979 160 Chapter 16: A Ship Sails: 1977-1989 175 Chapter 17: Cornets and Carlyn: 1980-1995 184 Chapter 18: A Rock-Knocking Geologist: 1984-1995 197 Chapter 19: Springtime on Jupiter: 1993 213 Chapter 20: Yes, Virginia, Comets Do Hit Planets: 1994 225 Chapter 21: New Challenges: 1995-1997 241 Chapter 22: Dr. Shoemaker, I Presume: 1997 251 Epilogue 262 Notes 269 Selected Bibliography 285 Index 297