William Napier

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William Napier is affiliated with the following schools: University of Buckingham, University of Stirling, Cardiff University, University of Glasgow

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According to Wikipedia, William M. Napier is the author of five high tech thriller novels and a number of nonfiction science books. Career He received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1963 and his Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1966, both from the University of Glasgow.

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William Napier 's Published Works

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A theory of terrestrial catastrophism (1979) (106)
The microstructure of terrestrial catastrophism (1984) (104)
The Origin of Comets (1990) (86)
A mechanism for interstellar panspermia (2004) (83)
Extraordinary Biomass-Burning Episode and Impact Winter Triggered by the Younger Dryas Cosmic Impact ∼12,800 Years Ago. 1. Ice Cores and Glaciers (2018) (69)
Extraordinary Biomass-Burning Episode and Impact Winter Triggered by the Younger Dryas Cosmic Impact ∼12,800 Years Ago. 2. Lake, Marine, and Terrestrial Sediments (2018) (59)
Palaeolithic extinctions and the Taurid Complex (2010) (57)
Interstellar planetesimals – I. Dissipation of a primordial cloud of comets by tidal encounters with massive nebulae (1982) (48)
Comet capture from molecular clouds: a dynamical constraint on star and planet formation (1984) (46)
Terrestrial catastrophism—Nemesis or Galaxy? (1984) (41)
The Distribution of Redshifts in New Samples of Quasi-stellar Objects (2000) (41)
The role of episodic bombardment in geophysics (1982) (35)
Comets and the Origin of Life (2009) (33)
Evidence for cometary bombardment episodes (2006) (31)
Evidence for redshift periodicity in nearby field galaxies (1991) (30)
Hazards due to giant comets: climate and short-term catastrophism (1995) (29)
On the Origin of the Asteroids (1974) (28)
Impact cratering and the Oort cloud (2008) (25)
Temporal variation of the zodiacal dust cloud (2001) (25)
Extreme albedo comets and the impact hazard (2004) (22)
The origin of life in comets (2007) (22)
Extreme albedo comets and the impact hazard (2004) (22)
Giant comets and mass extinctions of life (2015) (20)
The Virgo cluster as a test for quantization of extragalactic redshifts. (1990) (18)
Evidence of Cosmic Impact at Abu Hureyra, Syria at the Younger Dryas Onset (~12.8 ka): High-temperature melting at >2200 °C (2020) (17)
Redshift Periodicity in the Local Supercluster (1993) (17)
The detection of periodicity in QSO data sets (2003) (16)
Hazards from comets and asteroids (2008) (15)
The Missing Planet (1973) (14)
Giant comets, evolution and civilization (1996) (13)
Black Dwarf Stars as Missing Mass in Clusters of Galaxies (1975) (12)
The Influx of Comets and their Debris (2001) (11)
The photometric reflection effect in close binaries (1968) (11)
Galactic periodicity and the geological record (1998) (11)
Our cometary environment (1997) (11)
NEOs and Impacts: The Galactic Connection (1997) (11)
Galactic Dark Matter and Terrestrial Periodicities (1998) (9)
Comet formation in molecular clouds (1985) (9)
Direct simulation of collision processes (1972) (9)
The hazard from fragmenting comets (2019) (8)
The cometary breakup hypothesis re-examined: a reply (1987) (8)
ASSOCIATIONS OF HIGH-REDSHIFT QUASI-STELLAR OBJECTS WITH ACTIVE, LOW-REDSHIFT SPIRAL GALAXIES (2009) (7)
Quantized redshifts: A status report (1997) (7)
Mankind's Future: An Astronomical View Comets, Ice Ages and Catastrophes (1986) (6)
The role of giant comets in mass extinctions (2014) (6)
Extraordinary Biomass-Burning Episode and Impact Winter Triggered by the Younger Dryas Cosmic Impact ∼12,800 Years Ago: A Reply (2020) (6)
Interstellar planetesimals. II: Radiative instability in dense molecular clouds (1986) (6)
The Optical Jet in the Quasar 3C 273 (1975) (6)
The origin and evolution of the Oort cloud. (1987) (5)
A statistical evaluation of anomalous redshift claims (2003) (5)
Terrestrial catastrophism and galactic cycles (1989) (5)
Pollination of exoplanets by nebulae (2007) (5)
Infrared light curves of Algol. (1975) (5)
An anomalous concentration of QSOs around NGC 3079 (2005) (4)
A method for the construction of model stellar atmospheres (1970) (4)
Volcanism, impacts and mass extinctions (Long Version) (2012) (4)
Some considerations relating to an interstellar origin for comets. (1983) (4)
The orbital evolution of short period comets (1983) (4)
Reply to Boslough et al.: Decades of comet research counter their claims (2013) (4)
Dynamical Interactions of the Solar System with Massive Nebulae (1985) (3)
KT Mass Extinction: theories and controversies (2010) (3)
A simple approach to the analysis of eclipsing binary light curves (1981) (3)
Ultraviolet Observations of HD 77581 (= 2U 0900–40) (1975) (3)
The fluctuating population of Earth impactors. (1999) (2)
Ultraluminous X-ray Sources, High Redshift QSOs and Active Galaxies (2006) (2)
Current Issues in Cosmology: Statistics of redshift periodicities (2006) (2)
HIGH-TEMPERATURE MELTING AT >2200°C PROVIDES EVIDENCE OF COSMIC IMPACT AT ABU HUREYRA, SYRIA AT THE YOUNGER DRYAS ONSET (~12.8 KA) (2020) (2)
Structures and hazards in the NEO system (1996) (2)
Inhibition of diffusion by the reflection effect in binary Hg–Mn stars (1980) (2)
The great comet crash: The collision of comet shoemaker-levy 9 and jupiter (1996) (1)
Testing for quantized redshifts. II. the local supercluster (1996) (1)
Testing for quantized redshifts. I. The project (1996) (1)
Catastrophism is still viable (1985) (1)
Liquid water in comets: implications for astrobiology (2007) (1)
Expanding Horizons of Life (2009) (1)
Terrestrial catastrophism: Nemesis or galaxy? (reply) (1985) (1)
Intrinsic variations of interstellar extinction laws (1971) (1)
An Interstellar Origin for Comets (1982) (1)
Extinction by comet or asteroid (1983) (1)
Monte Carlo simulation of asteroid collisions (1974) (0)
Near-Earth Asteroid Groups (1993) (0)
Interstellar matters: G.L. Verschuur, Springer Verlag, Berlin 1989, 320 pp., DM 60 (hardback), ISBN: 3540 96814 8 (1990) (0)
EXCHANGE OF BIOMATERIAL BETWEEN PLANETARY SYSTEMS (2011) (0)
Cosmic Dust and Life (2009) (0)
The Distribution of Redshifts in New Samples of Quasistellar Objects: Further Evidence for Intrinsic (Non-Cosmological)Redshift Components? (1999) (0)
Liquid Water in Comets (2009) (0)
The photometric reflection effect in close binaries (1971) (0)
Book Review: The origin of comets / Pergamon, 1990 (1990) (0)
Science journalism (1984) (0)
Expulsion of Microbes from the Solar System (2009) (0)
Book-Review - the Cosmic Serpent (1982) (0)
PHOTOMETRIC REFLECTION EFFECT IN CLOSE BINARIES. II. COMPARISON WITH OBSERVATION. (1971) (0)
The origin of comets Napier. (1990) (0)
Comets in the Galactic Environment (2009) (0)
Quantized Redshifts - New Physics or Old Muddle? (1999) (0)
Origin of Life (2009) (0)
Crystal Spheres in Velocity Space (2004) (0)
Periodicity In Extragalactic Redshifts (1994) (0)
Giant comets and human culture (2003) (0)
Dark Comets: A Link to Panspermia (2009) (0)
Evidence of Cosmic Impact at Abu Hureyra, Syria at the Younger Dryas Onset (~12.8 ka): High-temperature melting at >2200 °C (2020) (0)
The reflection effect in close binary systems (1967) (0)

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