Rocks from Space: Meteorites and Meteorite Hunters (Astronomy) - Softcover

Norton, O Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0878423737 ISBN 13: 9780878423736

Publisher: Geological Society of America, 1998

Synopsis

This popular nontechnical introduction to the fascinating world of meteorites, asteroids, comets, and impact craters is now even better! With more than 50 new photographs and updated illustrations, new and expanded appendixes, and some fun cosmic humor, Rocks from Space, Second Edition, journeys into the last frontier for close-up looks at the latest astronomical discoveries. Relive the thrill of seeing Comet Hale-Bopp as it streaked through the dark sky. Watch Pathfinder bump its way across the surface of Mars--while you ponder whether life really exists on the red planet. View photos of the impact scar--twice the size of Earth-where Comet Shoemaker/Levy collided with Jupiter. And learn the latest on meteorite chemistry and classification.

About this title

About the Author

O. Richard Norton is former director of the Grace Flandrau Planetarium and Science Center at the University of Arizona and the Fleischmann Planetarium at the University of Nevada at Reno. He studied meteorites under world-renowned meteoriticist Frederick C. Leonard. Norton taught astronomy at Central Oregon Community College and served as president of Science Graphics, a company that produces instructional science slides for use in college and university classrooms.

Edition details

• Publisher: Geological Society of America
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0878423737
• ISBN 13: 9780878423736
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Norton Dorothy S
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 447