Falling Sky: The Science and History of Meteorites and Why We Should Learn to Love Them (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780762778287)

Did an enormous collision in the Asteroid Belt, orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter, bombard Earth with meteorites 470 million years ago? Astonishing new research suggests it did, and a revolutionary theory is emerging that this bombardment resulted in the single greatest increase in biological diversity on the planet since the origin of life.

Introducing these discoveries to the general public for the first time, Ted Nield challenges the view that meteorites are bad news. Tracing the history of meteorites from the first recorded strike to the videos made routinely today, he reveals the fascinating ways in which meteorites have transformed from omens of doom to a stepping stone to Mars in twenty-first-century space exploration. TheFalling Sky will shatter everything you thought you knew about one of the most terrifying forces in the universe.

Author: Ted Nield,Granta Books
ISBN-10: 0762778288
ISBN-13: 9780762778287
Publisher: Lyons Press
Language: English
Published: 10/18/2011
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d