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A History of Physical Theories of Comets, From Aristotle to Whipple formatIsbn:Softcover - 9789048178421 ErwachsenseinAlthough the development of ideas about the motion and trajectory of comets has been investigated piecemeal, we lack a comprehensive and detailed survey of ph ical theories of comets. The available works either illustrate relatively short periods in the history of physical cometology or portray a landscape view without adequate details. The present study is an attempt to review with more details the major physical theories of comets in the past two