Rain of iron and ice : the very real threat of comet and asteroid bombardment.

Contributor(s):

Lewis, John S

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Reading, Mass. ; Sydney : Addison-Wesley Pub., c1997Description: xi, 240 p., [4] p. of platesISBN:

0201154943 (pbk)

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DDC classification:

551.397 21

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction -- Stones that fall from the sky -- Target: Earth -- stealth weapons from space -- Brighter than a thousand suns -- The space age: the cratered planets -- Near-Earth objects -- The bashful face of Mars -- Ends of geological ages -- Earth's twin -- You found what on Mercury? -- comet and asteroid families -- Craters in the ocean don't last -- Effects on human populations -- The fiery rain: simulations by computer -- What can we do about it?

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