The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Meteorites

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Meteorites
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Total Pages : 354
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ISBN-10 : 0521621437
ISBN-13 : 9780521621434
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Book Synopsis The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Meteorites by : O. Richard Norton

Download or read book The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Meteorites written by O. Richard Norton and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautifully illustrated with over 140 full colour images, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Meteorites provides a thorough guide to these fascinating extraterrestrial rocks. Meteorites are our only contact with materials from beyond the Earth-Moon system. Using well known petrologic techniques, this book reveals in vivid colour their extraordinary external and internal structures. Looking deeper still, right to the atomic level, they begin to tell us of the environment within the solar nebula that existed before the planets accreted. 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. This book is a valuable guide to assist the searchers in the field to recognize the many classes of meteorites. It is further a reference source for students, teachers and scientists who wish to probe deeper these amazing rocks from space.


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