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Comets have fascinated and awed humankind since ancient times. Of the thousands of comets recorded throughout history, those deemed to have been the most spectacular have been described in the accounts of eyewitnesses and often recorded in official documents. This book introduces you to the greatest of the greats, starting with the comet in 372 B. C. called "Aristotle’s Comet" and ending with the spectacular appearance of McNaught’s Comet in 2007. There is an introductory chapter explaining what comets are and how they are classified, and correcting a few popular misconceptions. Later in the book you will read about the different returns of Halley’s Comet and the Kreutz sungrazing group, often called the kamikaze comets. There is even a chapter on comets that were visible in broad daylight. This book is unique. There are a few books on comets that make passing reference to some of the more famous or spectacular objects of the past, and a few catalogs with long lists of comets. But little detailed and descriptive information is contained in either of these sources. This is a fascinating account, not only for astronomers at every level but also for readers of popular science. In an engaging way it pulls together a vast amount of information and offers rich anecdotal material that will entertain as well as inform you.

Comets. --- Comets --- Astrophysics --- Mathematical Theory --- Mathematics --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Solar system. --- Nuclear spaces (Functional analysis) --- Schwartz spaces. --- Tensor products. --- Nuclear spaces (Functional analysis). --- Physics. --- Observations, Astronomical. --- Astronomy --- Astronomy. --- Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. --- Popular Science in Astronomy. --- Observations. --- 517.9 --- 517.9 Differential equations. Integral equations. Other functional equations. Finite differences. Calculus of variations. Functional analysis --- Differential equations. Integral equations. Other functional equations. Finite differences. Calculus of variations. Functional analysis --- 512 --- 512 Algebra --- Algebra --- Analytical spaces --- Milky Way --- Near-Earth objects --- Operator algebras --- Congresses. --- Schwartz, Espaces de. --- Produits tensoriels. --- Astronomy—Observations. --- Astronomical observations --- Observations, Astronomical --- Espaces nucléaires (analyse fonctionnelle) --- Algèbres topologiques --- Topological algebras --- Algèbres topologiques. --- Espaces nucléaires (analyse fonctionnelle)

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The exceptional cosmic history and the fabulous destinies of exploding stars - supernovae and gamma-ray bursters - are highly fertile areas of research and are also very special tools to further our understanding of the universe. In this book, cosmologists Dr Alain Mazure and Dr Stéphane Basa throw light on the assemblage of facts, hypotheses and cosmological conclusions and show how these ˜beacons' illuminate their immediate surroundings and allow us to study the vast cosmos, like searchlights revealing the matter comprising our universe.

Cosmology. --- Gamma ray bursts. --- Supernovae. --- Subnormal operators --- Mathematics --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Calculus --- Astrophysics --- Mathematical Theory --- Supernovas --- Bursts, Cosmic gamma ray --- Bursts, Gamma ray --- Cosmic gamma ray bursts --- Transients, Gamma ray --- 517.13 --- Theory of real numbers --- Subnormal operators. --- 517.13 Theory of real numbers --- Topological rings --- Rings, Topological --- Topological rings. --- Physics. --- Gravitation. --- Astronomy. --- Astrophysics. --- Observations, Astronomical. --- Astronomy --- Space sciences. --- Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. --- Astrophysics and Astroparticles. --- Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences. --- Popular Science in Astronomy. --- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. --- Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory. --- Observations. --- Operator theory --- Ordered algebraic structures --- Cataclysmic variable stars --- X-ray sources, Galactic --- Gamma ray astronomy --- X-ray bursts --- Commutative rings --- Associative rings --- Associative rings. --- Commutative rings. --- Rings (Algebra) --- Algèbres associatives --- Algèbres commutatives --- Algèbres topologiques --- Groupes topologiques --- Analyse fonctionnelle --- Operateurs lineaires hilbertiens --- Espaces de hilbert --- Operateurs lineaires