Rocks from Space: Meteorites and Meteorite Hunters - Softcover

Norton, O. Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0878423028 ISBN 13: 9780878423026

Publisher: Mountain Pr, 1994

Synopsis

A non-technical introduction to the world of meteorites, asteroids, comets and impact craters. Astronomer Norton begins with an overview of international falls, finds, and craters; describes hunting and recovering; the origins and identifying characteristics of each type of meteorite; and what the cosmos might hurl our way in the future. Includes a profile of two of this century's most eminent meteorite hunters. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

About this title

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 meteoritics under world-renowned meteoriticist Frederick C. Leonard. Norton currently teaches astronomy at Central Oregon Community College and serves as president of Science Graphics, a company that produces instructional science slides for use in college and university classrooms.

From Booklist:

Astronomy abounds with amateurs, and the easiest entr‚e to the hobby is meteor watching. Anyone can see a few shooting stars on any night. For nighthawks and insomniacs, then, Norton offers this quaint miscellany crammed with facts and stories about extraterrestrial rocks, along with 200 photos. "Falls," as Norton calls the pieces that reach the ground, exert great scientific interest, so he describes past expeditions to collect them and examine the ancient craters they gouged out. Meteoriticist H. H. Nininger was one such explorer, and his life, which culminated in running a commercial meteor museum, illustrates the obsessive enthusiasm the hobby can induce. Although a field book might be more authoritative, Norton's tome will help slake the curiosity and worries that surround cosmic collisions, especially so soon after a comet hit Jupiter last month. Gilbert Taylor

About this edition

• Publisher: Mountain Pr
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0878423028
• ISBN 13: 9780878423026
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 449
• Illustrator: Norton Dorothy S.