{"product_id":"falling-sky-ted-nield-9780762778287","title":"Falling Sky: The Science and History of Meteorites and Why We Should Learn to Love Them","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntroducing 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. \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eFalling Sky\u003c\/i\u003e will shatter everything you thought you knew about one of the most terrifying forces in the universe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ted Nield,Granta Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0762778288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780762778287\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lyons Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d","brand":"Ted Nield","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48447764922623,"sku":"9780762778287","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3a1081de-ab46-4813-9ea7-76cfb3f2f617.jpg?v=1777234656","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/falling-sky-ted-nield-9780762778287","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}