Screen LibraryA cabinet of curiosities : the myth, magic and measure of meteorites /
"Hurtling through the atmosphere, in a blaze of light and reverberating percussions, the arrival of a meteorite on Earth is a magical, rare, and precious sight. These characteristics have accordingly ensured a long, yet often controversial history. For all this, meteorites are cosmic messengers...
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World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.,
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| Publisher Address: | Singapore : |
| Publication Dates: | [2021] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Hurtling through the atmosphere, in a blaze of light and reverberating percussions, the arrival of a meteorite on Earth is a magical, rare, and precious sight. These characteristics have accordingly ensured a long, yet often controversial history. For all this, meteorites are cosmic messengers. They tell us about the entire history of the solar system, their story carrying us from the very earliest moments, when solid material first began to form in the solar nebula. Indeed, meteorites played a key role in the origins of Earth's oceans and the genesis of life. Meteorites additionally tell us about the origin and evolution of the asteroids, and they tell us about impacts upon the Moon as well as the volcanic history of planet Mars. Much is known about the structure and chemistry of meteorites, but for all this, they still harbor many scientific mysteries that have yet to be resolved"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xxxix, 531 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), forms ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9789811224911 9811224919 |
| Index Number: | QB755 |
| CLC: | P185.83 |
| Call Number: | P185.83/B414 |
| Contents: | The end -- The beginning -- Origins -- Rock of ages -- Dust to dust -- Meteoroid in the air -- Gems from the cabinet -- 1969 : year of the carbonaceous chondrites -- Meteorites and life -- Gathering dust -- Impact cratering -- The impactors -- Exploring Vesta -- Space invaders on ice -- Terrestrial meteorites -- Meteorites on Mars -- Interstellar interlopers -- Hammer stones -- Draco volans -- Fireball processions -- A roaring sound and a mighty wind -- Electrophonic sounds -- The mystery of ice meteorites -- Declining returns -- Meteorites in popular culture. |