If you’ve ever seen a shooting star, perhaps you’ve glimpsed a hint of our planet’s composition. Dr. J. Marvin Herndon explores the connection between meteors and the Earth’s core in his book, What Meteorites Tell Us About Earth. Herndon traces the historical highlights of meteorite investigations from “sky stones” documented in the late fifteenth century up through scientific discoveries of today. Herndon compares the chemical makeup of meteorites with the Earth’s layers to shed new light on the Earth’s ...
If you’ve ever seen a shooting star, perhaps you’ve glimpsed a hint of our planet’s composition. Dr. J. Marvin Herndon explores the connection between meteors and the Earth’s core in his book, What Meteorites Tell Us About Earth. Herndon traces the historical highlights of meteorite investigations from “sky stones” documented in the late fifteenth century up through scientific discoveries of today. Herndon compares the chemical makeup of meteorites with the Earth’s layers to shed new light on the Earth’s composition and formation. Herndon’s assessment of crucial differences between types of meteorites leads to dramatic new implications for Earth science.
J. Marvin Herndon is an American interdisciplinary scientist who earned his BA degree in physics in 1970 from the University of California, San Diego and his PhD degree in nuclear chemistry in 1974 from Texas A&M University. For three years, Herndon was a post-doctoral apprentice to Hans E. Suess and Harold C. Urey in geochemistry and cosmochemistry at the University of California, San Diego. He is the President and CEO of Transdyne Corporation in San Diego, California.
Herndon is trained both as a physicist and as a chemist, with broad, multidisciplinary approaches to scientific and industrial challenges. He has experience directing, managing, and performing basic and applied research, both theoretical and experimental. He has applied expertise in mineral operations, metallurgy, plant and process design, construction, and management and corporate operations. Herndon holds a U.S. patent and has published books and numerous papers.
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