Impact!: Threat of Comets and Asteroids - Hardcover

Verschuur, Gerrit L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195101057 ISBN 13: 9780195101058

Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, 1996

Synopsis

Sixty five million years ago, a large asteroid or comet collided with the Earth and caused a worldwide catastrophe: the exctinction of as much as 60% of all species, including the dinosaurs. Such collisions were thought to be so rare that the threat to life on Earth from such objects was dismissed as being too unlikely to worry about. This book calls attention to cosmic threats and the precarious nature of life on Earth.

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Review:

Gripping text... (The Express)

Verschuur offers a detailed and alarming account of the meteors and comets that have struck the Earth in the past, with devastating consequences, and reminds us that such disasters are likely to reoccur ... A strong treatment of one of the key scientific discoveries of our time. (Kirkus Reviews)

About the Author:

About the Author: Gerrit L. Verschuur is a noted radio astronomer and author of many articles and books popularizing astronomy. He lives in Memphis, Tennessee.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0195101057
• ISBN 13: 9780195101058
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 249