#122: Richard Goodrich - "Comet Madness"

Axelbank Reports History and Today

In, "Comet Madness: How the 1910 Return of Halley's Comet Almost Destroyed Civilization," Dr. Richard Goodrich shows how science and society collided in sometimes deadly fashion. He explores how the media and those eager to make a quick buck exacerbated fears over what would happen when the comet became visible from Earth's atmosphere. He explains how a society that was largely uneducated about the universe brought disastrous consequences on itself as people stopped paying their bills, tending their crops and destroyed lives, all because they didn't understand that Halley's comet was harmless.

Information on his book can be found at https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781633888562/Comet-Madness-How-the-1910-Return-of-Halley%27s-Comet-(Almost)-Destroyed-Civilization

His website is: https://www.richardjgoodrich.com/

He is on Twitter at https://twitter.com/rj_goodrich

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