Rain Of Iron And Ice

The Very Real Threat Of Comet And Asteroid Bombardment

John Lewis (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

1997
Perseus Books (Verlag)
978-0-201-15494-8 (ISBN)

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Rain of Iron and Ice shows us the unmistakable evidence--from spaceprobe flybys of the planets to the scars on our own Earth--of cataclysmic comet and asteroid impacts. By comparing what we know about the earth's geology and paleontology with the ages of the other planets and moons in our solar system, Lewis makes the strongest case yet for sudden, dramatic extinctions and assesses the risks to planet Earth.

John S. Lewis, author of Rain of Iron and Ice, is professor of planetary sciences and codirector of the Space Engineering Research Center at the University of Arizona-Tucson. He has chaired international conferences on space resources and is a globally recognized expert on the subject.

* Introduction * Stones that Fall from the Sky * Target: Earth * Stealth Weapons from Space * Brighter than a Thousand Suns * The Space Age: The Created Planets * Near-Earth Objects * The Bashful Face of Mars * Ends of Geological Lakes * Earths Twin * You Found What on Mercury?? * Comet and Asteroid Families * Craters in the Ocean Dont Last * Effects on Human Populations * The Fiery Rain: Simulations by Computer * What Can We Do About It?

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.4.1997
Verlagsort	Boulder
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 228 mm
Gewicht	378 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
ISBN-10	0-201-15494-3 / 0201154943
ISBN-13	978-0-201-15494-8 / 9780201154948
Zustand	Neuware