by Isaac Asimov · Lectorum Pubns · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401803208
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«El Cometa Halley» is Isaac Asimov's popular science essay, published by Lectorum Pubns in paperback (149 pages, in Spanish).
Asimov explains what comets are, how Halley was discovered and tracked, its orbit and composition. He also reviews astronomers' efforts, the 1986 space missions, and famous questions, such as whether the Star of Bethlehem was a comet or whether a cometary impact wiped out the dinosaurs.
The original English title is «Asimov's Guide to Halley's Comet»; the Spanish edition was published in 1985.
It will interest readers of astronomy and popular science, and those who want to understand the context of Halley's visit in 1985-1986.
Isaac Asimov was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. He wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. Best known for his hard science fiction, Asimov also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as popular science and other non-fiction. His work spans nine out of the ten categories of the Dewey decimal system.
