Rocks from Space: Meteorites and Meteorite Hunters

by O. Richard Norton, Dorothy S. Norton (Illustrator)

Overview

This popular nontechnical introduction to the fascinating world of meteorites, asteroids, comets, and impact craters is now even better! With more than 50 new photographs and updated illustrations, new and expanded appendixes, and some fun cosmic humor, Rocks from Space, Second Edition, journeys into the last frontier for close-up looks at the latest astronomical discoveries. Relive the thrill of seeing Comet Hale-Bopp as it streaked through the dark sky. Watch Pathfinder bump its way across the surface of Mars—while you ponder whether life really exists on the red planet. View photos of the impact scar—twice the size of Earth-where Comet Shoemaker/Levy collided with Jupiter. And learn the latest on meteorite chemistry and classification.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780878423736
Publisher:	Geological Society of America
Publication date:	06/15/1998
Series:	Astronomy
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	444
Product dimensions:	6.06(w) x 9.04(h) x 1.14(d)
Age Range:	9 - 17 Years

About the Author

O. Richard Norton is former director of the Grace Flandrau Planetarium and Science Center at the University of Arizona and the Fleischmann Planetarium at the University of Nevada at Reno. He studied meteorites under world-renowned meteoriticist Frederick C. Leonard. Norton taught astronomy at Central Oregon Community College and served as president of Science Graphics, a company that produces instructional science slides for use in college and university classrooms.

Editorial Reviews

"This book successfully combines scientific information with amusing anecdotes and how-to directions rarely found in technical sources. I recommend it to all readers interested in the ever-intriguing subject of meteorites." —Sky and Telescope

From the Publisher

Norton (astronomy, Central Oregon Community College) tells the story of meteorites and our attempts to read their history. Topics include the development of the interdisciplinary science of meteoritics, asteroids, current classifications of meteorites, and the impact of the comet Shoemaker-Levy on Jupiter in 1994. Included are numerous b&w photos of objects from space, and appendices with address of meteorite verification labs and commercial meteorite dealers, and a select list of suspected impact craters throughout the world. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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