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Jeff Kanipe
Jeff Kanipe is an experienced science writer and editor specializing in astronomy. He’s written everything from skywatching columns to long investigations of cutting-edge cosmology — and just about everything in between. He’s the author of seven highly-received astronomy books.Asteroid Jeffkanipe... show more



Jeff Kanipe is an experienced science writer and editor specializing in astronomy. He’s written everything from skywatching columns to long investigations of cutting-edge cosmology — and just about everything in between. He’s the author of seven highly-received astronomy books.Asteroid Jeffkanipe is named in his honor.

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Reader! Reader! rated it 9 years ago
The chapters of this book that are about the eruption of Laki, the effects on Iceland and continental Europe, and so forth—basically, the chapters that reflect the subtitle of the book—were good.But too many chapters were volcanic history. Past eruptions and their effects on the planet and people. P...
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Elentarri's Book Blog rated it 10 years ago
Beautifully written book describing the story of the Icelandic volcano, Laki, during the 18th century. Also includes a discussion of the global and not so global effects of various other well-known volcanoes/supervolcanoes. No repetitions or waffling, straight forward, to the point, with illustrat...
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