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The Meteorites

Encounters with Outer Space and Deep Time

Helen Gordon
Englisch | Taschenbuch

A Scientific American Book of the Year 2025<BR><BR>'The Meteorites conjures a small epiphany about our own place in the universe' The Sunday Times<BR><BR>'Dazzling' Financial Times<BR><BR>From your window you can see the stars and distant planets: light years away, it's easy to think that our existences and theirs will never intersect. Yet meteorites - mysterious, irregular rocks of sometimes immense value - connect us with the vastness of the universe. They may have brought the first life to our planet, and today they still reveal extraordinary scientific insights.<BR><BR>Helen Gordon reveals the fascinating stories of fallen meteorites and the lives they've touched - from collectors to kings, scientists to farmers. She meets amateur astronomers and gem dealers, goes meteorite hunting across rooftops and learns what objects moving through space can tell us about the fragility of life on Earth.

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A Scientific American Book of the Year 2025<BR><BR>'The Meteorites conjures a small epiphany about our own place in the universe' The Sunday Times<BR><BR>'Dazzling' Financial Times<BR><BR>From your window you can see the stars and distant planets: light years away, it's easy to think that our existences and theirs will never intersect. Yet meteorites - mysterious, irregular rocks of sometimes immense value - connect us with the vastness of the universe. They may have brought the first life to our planet, and today they still reveal extraordinary scientific insights.<BR><BR>Helen Gordon reveals the fascinating stories of fallen meteorites and the lives they've touched - from collectors to kings, scientists to farmers. She meets amateur astronomers and gem dealers, goes meteorite hunting across rooftops and learns what objects moving through space can tell us about the fragility of life on Earth.

Untertitel
Encounters with Outer Space and Deep Time
H | B | T | Gramm
203 mm | 136 mm | 21 mm | 240 gr
Erscheinungsjahr
2025
FSK
0
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Taschenbuch
Verlag
Profile
ISBN-10
1800815352
ISBN-13
9781800815353
Autor
Helen Gordon
Sprache
Englisch
Seitenanzahl
288
Themen
Die Erde: Naturgeschichte: Sachbuch, Astronomie und Raumfahrt: Sachbuch, Astronomie, Raum und Zeit
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