ABOUT THIS: SIGNED! Inscribed, personalized (see photo)! The Comet is Coming! Hardcover ? April 30, 1981 by Nigel Calder (Author). THE COMET IS COMING! The imminent reappearance of Halley's Comet, now swooping towards the Sun, makes this cautionary report timely. Comets cause a mental fever ? among superstitious laymen who fear that they warn of death and disaster, and among astronomers who spin their most bizarre theories around them. Nigel Calder's high-spirited account of the oldest and the most recent comet science tells of repeated contests between imagination and evidence. To prepare this book and a BBC television programme, Calder has consulted comet experts, space scientists, geologists and psychologists in six countries. According to one current hypothesis, Halley's Comet is the breeding ground for Asian 'flu. A new discovery that is easier to credit has a comet (or its corpse) hitting the Earth sixty-five million years ago and wiping out the dinosaurs. In reporting on the space probes going to Halley's Comet at this 'apparition', Calder looks forward to a sky cleaning service that will bring wayward comets under control. Illustrations in colour and black and white assist in this exploration of the facts and fancies that surround the most spectacular objects of the night sky. Condition: Good. SIGNED! Inscribed, personalized (see photo)! Packed in a BOX with padding. Same or next day shipping (weekdays and Saturdays)! Ships from California. (See Photos!) First Edition, BBC, 1980. Pages: name written on intro page, otherwise, not written on, clean, bright, odor free. Dust Jacket: clean, bright, rubbing and bumping to parts of edges, moderate to heavy rubbing to corner tips.