Gerrit L Verschuur

Impact!

The Threat of Comets and Asteroids

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Noted radio astronomer and author Gerrit L. Verschuur paints an unsettling portrait of the possibility of collisions between the earth and comets and asteroids in space. Verschuur explores potential threats to our planet and describes what scientists are doing to prepare for the frightening possibility. 40 photos. 3 line drawings.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9780195119190
• ISBN-10: 0195119193
• Artikelnr.: 22482699

Autorenporträt

Professor of Physics at Rhodes College, Tennessee, Gerrit L. Verschuur is a noted radio astronomer and author of many articles and books popularising astronomy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: The Killer Strikes
2: The Saga of the Chicxulub Crater
3: Solar System Debris
4: Something About Comets
5: The Birth of the Earth
6: The Nineteenth Century Rumblings
8: Comet Impacts in History
9: On the Edge of Extinction
10: Reconstructing the Crime
11: Death Star or Coherent Catastrophism?
12: Craters and Tsunamis
13: Offering Odds on Impact
14: The Great Comet Crash of 1994
15: The Aftermath
16: The Search
17: Dodging the Asteroids?
18: Our Place in Space