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1985 book by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan

Comet
Cover of the first edition
Authors	Carl Sagan Ann Druyan
Language	English
Subject	Comets
Publisher	Random House
Publication date	1985
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages	398
ISBN	978-0-394-54908-8

Comet is a 1985 popular-science book by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan. The authors describe the scientific nature of comets, as well as their varying roles and perceptions throughout history. The evolution of human understanding of comets is also detailed, and thinkers and astronomers such as Edmond Halley, Immanuel Kant, and William Huggins are discussed.

The publication of the first edition was months ahead of the 1986 appearance of Halley's Comet. A 1997 edition includes additional material.

References

Comet. Random House. 1985. ISBN 9780394549088.

Carl Sagan

Scientific career

Books

Science	The Cosmic Connection (1973) Mars and the Mind of Man (1973) The Dragons of Eden (1977) Broca's Brain (1979) Cosmos (1980) The Cold and the Dark (1984) Comet (1985) Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1993) Pale Blue Dot (1994) The Demon-Haunted World (1995) Billions and Billions (1997) The Varieties of Scientific Experience (2006)
Fiction	Contact (1985)

Media

Television	Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1980 TV series) God, the Universe and Everything Else (1988) Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014 TV series) Cosmos: Possible Worlds (2020 TV series)
Films	Contact (1997) Wanderers (2014)

Family

Lynn Margulis (first wife)
Dorion Sagan (son)
Linda Salzman Sagan (second wife)
Nick Sagan (son)
Ann Druyan (third wife)
Sasha Sagan (daughter)

Prizes

Recognition

900 Stewart Avenue

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