Thunderstones and Shooting Stars. The Meaning of Meteorites by Dodd, Robert T - 1986

Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographs & diagrams & tables. 2nd hand copy, rubbing to the top of the front panel of the dust jacket and the top of the spine, internally clean, without annotations. There is pasted to the publication data page a colour photograph of 5 meteorites. The book itself is illustrated with double page, and part page black-and-white photographs numerous graphs and drawings et cetera and has bibliographic references & index.The author summarises the evidence that lead scientists to believe that most meteorites come from asteroids, although a few come from the moon and a few more from a planet, probably Mars. He also examines the controversial hypothesis that impacts by asteroids or comets have interrupted the evolution of life on earth, accounting for such geological puzzles as the rapid demise of the dinosaurs. Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XII, 196 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographs & diagrams & tables. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science & Technology; Space Exploration; Meteorites; ISBN: 0674891376. ISBN/EAN: 9780674891371. Inventory No: 0277954. . 9780674891371