Meteorites Their Impact on Science and History

Name: Meteorites Their Impact on Science and History
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ISBN: 9780521799409

ISBN-10: 0521799406

ISBN-13: 9780521799409

Edition: 2001

Authors: Brigitte Zanda, Monica Rotaru, Roger Hewins

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What are these strange rocks that fall from the sky? Where do they come from? What are they made of? Illustrated throughout with photos, diagrams, maps and graphs, this comprehensive guide to meteorites has been written by a team of experts.

Book details

List price: $66.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/12/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 130
Size: 6.77" wide x 9.09" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Monica Rotaru is Department Chief of Earth Sciences at the Palais de la dï¿½couverte in Paris, where she organises scientific exhibitions. After her PhD in geochemistry, she has conducted research in climatology and written television science documentaries.




The harder they fall




Stones fallen from the sky




Impact craters




Cretaceous Park




Like no rock on Earth




Little planets




The Sound and the Fury




Signed carbon




A stormy nebula




The age of the solar system




Galactic fossils




Leafing through the past two centuries...



Glossary


Acknowledgements


Illustration credits