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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Meteorites (Hardcover)

by O. Richard Norton

In recent years, meteorites have caught the imagination of scientist and collector alike. An army of people

are now actively searching for them in the hot and cold deserts of Earth. Fascinating extraterrestrial rocks

in meteorites are our only contact with materials from beyond the Earth-Moon system. Using well known

petrologic techniques, O. Richard Norton reveals in vivid color their extraordinary external and internal

structures and taking readers to the atomic level, describes the environment within the solar nebula that

existed before the planets accreted. Extensively illustrated, this volume is a valuable guide to assist searchers in the field in recognizing

the many classes of meteorites and it is a superb reference source for students, teachers and scientists who wish to probe deeper

these amazing rocks from space. O. Richard Norton is a contributing editor for Meteorite magazine and the author of The Planetarium

and Atmospherium and Rocks from Space (Mountain Press, 1998). For the last 40 years, he has taught astronomy and space

sciences at various US institutions.

Rocks from Space: Meteorites and Meteorite Hunters (Paperback)

by O. Richard Norton, Dorothy S. Norton (Illustrator)

Astronomy abounds with amateurs, and the easiest entr‚e to the hobby is meteor watching. Anyone can see

a few shooting stars on any night. For nighthawks and insomniacs, then, Norton offers this quaint miscellany

crammed with facts and stories about extraterrestrial rocks, along with 200 photos. "Falls," as Norton calls

the pieces that reach the ground, exert great scientific interest, so he describes past expeditions to collect them

and examine the ancient craters they gouged out. Meteoriticist H. H. Nininger was one such explorer, and his

life, which culminated in running a commercial meteor museum, illustrates the obsessive enthusiasm the hobby can induce. Although

a field book might be more authoritative, Norton's tome will help slake the curiosity and worries that surround cosmic collisions, ...

Meteorites: A Journey through Space and Time (Hardcover)

by Alex Bevan, John De Laeter, J. R. De Laeter

Meteorites, the fragments of space debris that survive their fall to Earth, have much to tell us. They hold the

answers to the complexities of star formation and can explain the earliest events in the birth of the solar system.

They also may have brought to Earth the water in the oceans, gases of the atmosphere, and other essential

ingredients for the evolution of life.

Meteorites and their Parent Planets (Paperback)

by Harry Y. McSween Jr

Meteorites and Their Parent Planets provides an engrossing overview of a highly interdisciplinary field--the

study of extraterrestrial materials. The second edition of this successful book has been thoroughly revised,

and describes the nature of meteorites, where they come from, and how they get to Earth. Meteorites offer

important insights into processes in stars and in interstellar regions, the birth of our solar system, the formation

and evolution of planets and smaller bodies, and the origin of life. The first edition was immensely popular with

meteorite collectors, scientists and science students in many fields, as well as amateur astronomers. In this second edition all of the

illustrations have been updated and improved, many sections have been expanded and modified based on discoveries in the past

decade, and a new final chapter on the importance of meteorites has been added. Everyone with an interest in meteorites will want

a copy of this book.

Meteorites, Ice, and Antarctica : A Personal Account (Studies in Polar

Research) (Hardcover)

by William A. Cassidy

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