The Meteorites

Encounters with Outer Space and Deep Time

Helen Gordon (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2025 | Main
Profile Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80081-534-6 (ISBN)

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From your window you can see the stars and distant planets: light years away, it's easy to think that our existences and theirs will never intersect. Yet meteorites - mysterious, irregular rocks of sometimes immense value - connect us with the vastness of the universe. They may have brought the first life to our planet, and today they still reveal extraordinary scientific insights.

Helen Gordon reveals the fascinating stories of fallen meteorites and the lives they've touched - from collectors to kings, scientists to farmers. She meets amateur astronomers and gem dealers, goes meteorite hunting across rooftops and learns what objects moving through space can tell us about the fragility of life on Earth.

Helen Gordon is a writer and natural historian. Her books include Being and Writer and Notes from Deep Time, and a novel, Landfall. She has written for the 1843 magazine, the Guardian, and Wired, and teaches Creative Writing at the University of Hertfordshire.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.2.2025
Zusatzinfo	b/w integrated
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
ISBN-10	1-80081-534-4 / 1800815344
ISBN-13	978-1-80081-534-6 / 9781800815346
Zustand	Neuware