The Big Splash (book)

The Big Splash: A Scientific Discovery That Revolutionizes the Way We View the Origin of Life, the Water We Drink, the Death of the Dinosaurs, the Creation of the Oceans, the Nature of the Cosmos, and the Very Future of the Earth Itself is a 1990 book written by Louis A. Frank with Patrick Huyghe.[1] In the book, Frank claims to have found scientific evidence that every year, millions of small comets (made of ice and water) strike the Earth's atmosphere, and that these comets created Earth's lakes, rivers and oceans.

The Big Splash ...
Hardcover edition
AuthorLouis A. Frank
Patrick Huyghe
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAstronomy
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherBirch Lane Press
Carol Publishing Group
Publication date
October 1990
Media typePrint, e-book
ISBN1-55972-033-6
OCLC22109729
550 20
LC ClassQB631 .F68 1990

While many scientists disputed Frank's hypothesis, he continued to argue that there are tests which can be performed which would either rule it out or confirm it.[2]

Authors

Louis A. Frank was a Carver/James A. Van Allen Professor of Physics at The University of Iowa, and principal investigator for the auroral imaging instruments for NASA's Dynamics Explorer mission.[3][4]

Patrick Huyghe is a science writer.[5]

References

  1. "The Big Splash". Patrick Huyghe. Archived from the original on 2008-07-26. Retrieved 2007-10-11.
  2. http://smallcomets.physics.uiowa.edu/faq.htmlx
  3. "Louis A. Frank, Ph.D." Department of Physics and Astronomy. University of Iowa. Retrieved 2007-07-28.
  4. "Who's Who". Small Comets. University of Iowa. Retrieved 2007-07-28.
  5. "About Patrick Huyghe". Patrick Huyghe. Archived from the original on 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2007-10-11.
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