Nemesis
- ISBN-10
- 0434481610
- ISBN-13
- 9780434481613
- Series
- Nemesis
- Category
- Asteroids
- Pages
- 193
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- Richard Muller
Description
The U. Cal Berkeley physics professor recounts the genesis, discovery, and aftermath of his theory that a killer star--Nemesis--is orbiting the sun, barraging the earth every 26 million years with a cataclysmic shower of comets.
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