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Fallen Sky, The : An Intimate History of Shooting Stars
de Cokinos, Christopher
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1585427209
- ISBN 13
- 9781585427208
- Librería
-
Garrison, North Dakota, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher : Penguin, 2009. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A lively history of the phenomenon of shooting stars, describing the historical perceptions of same and their evolution, the many interesting personalities in and out of science who have studied and written on these - as well as what they actually are and are made of, their behavior, how and why they appear here, and all related . Hardcover with dust jacket, glossary, meteorite chart, notes, 517pp., remainders mark to underside. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival protector. Rare in this original printing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Sinopsis
Weaving natural history, memoir, and in-depth profiles of amateur researchers, rogue scientists, and stargazing dreamers, a prizewinning poet and nature writer takes us from Antarctica to outer space to tell the epic story of how the study of meteorites became a modern science.Robert Peary, the fabled explorer who risked personal ruin— and the lives of his crew—in a mortally dangerous quest for massive iron meteorites in an Arctic wasteland.The NASA researcher who staked his reputation on a claim that Martian fossils fell from the sky and could be found in the Antarctic.A collector in the American West in the early 1900s who sacrificed home, marriage, and very nearly his sanity in a struggle to claim ownership of 15.5-ton meteorite.These characters and many other collectors, dreamers, schemers, and regular people caught up in the business and passion of shooting stars populate Christopher Cokinos' natural history, The Fallen Sky. Through their...
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Detalles
- Librería
- JB Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 00015980
- Título
- Fallen Sky, The : An Intimate History of Shooting Stars
- Autor
- Cokinos, Christopher
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Edición
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 1585427209
- ISBN 13
- 9781585427208
- Editorial
- Jeremy P. Tarcher : Penguin
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2009
- Palabras clave
- SCIENCES SHOOTING STARS, METEORITES,, BOLIDES, METEORS, SKIES, SKYWATCHING, TELESCOPES, ASTRONOMY, ASTRONOMERS
- Catálogos del vendedor
- General;
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