Meteorites Alberta by Anthony Whyte (2 results)

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Stiff crisp unmarked book, about new but for presentation plate from the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada; 6 X 0.75 X 9 inches; 316 pages; Meteorites are our windows to other worlds, affording us rare glimpses of our own solar system when it was young. In The Meteorites of Alberta, Anthony J. Whyte offers a fresh perspective on the scientific research as well as the local, human history behind sixteen major meteorite falls and finds in Alberta. These detailed accounts of otherworldly rocksâ"with additional chapters on meteorite observation and recovery in Alberta, and an Alberta connection to the meteorite that killed off the dinosaursâ"will fascinate amateur rockhounds and meteoriticists alike. (from the back cover). …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. Minor shelf wear. Inscribed by author on fly leaf. Otherwise a square, tight, unmarked book. Illustrated with b/w and some color photos. Index. xxiii, 290 pp.