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Book Synopsis Rogue Asteroids and Doomsday Comets by : Duncan Steel
Download or read book Rogue Asteroids and Doomsday Comets written by Duncan Steel and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1997-09-22 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could a giant asteroid or comet crash into Earth and destroy life as we know it? Many astronomers who once discredited the risks are now convinced. You will be too after reading Duncan Steel's critically acclaimed examination of the evidence of Earth's encounters with killer comets and asteroids. Acclaim for Rogue Asteroids and Doomsday Comets "A chilling and utterly convincing account of a cosmic menace that must not be ignored any longer. This book is a welcome challenge to the scientific prejudice against catastrophism." --Paul Davies, author of The Mind of God "Written in clear prose for the layperson, this gripping report advocates the creation of an international search program to detect, intercept, and divert Earth-menacing asteroids and comets." --Publishers Weekly. "Steel writes clearly and ominously, and he should be listened to." --The Daily Telegraph (London) A selection of the Astronomy Book Club A Library Journal "Best Science Book of the Year" selection
Book Synopsis Doomsday Asteroid by : Donald W. Cox
Download or read book Doomsday Asteroid written by Donald W. Cox and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2010-12-08 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maps of The locations of asteroid craters on the earth on endpapers.
Book Synopsis Doomsday Rocks From Space by : Margaret Poynter
Download or read book Doomsday Rocks From Space written by Margaret Poynter and published by Enslow Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses comets, asteroids, and meteors, including how and where they are formed in space, what scientists are doing to study and track them, and what danger these doomsday rocks are to Earth.
Download or read book Target Earth written by Duncan Steel and published by . This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Archimedes Asteroid by : Paul Christa
Download or read book Archimedes Asteroid written by Paul Christa and published by . This book was released on 2004-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everybody dreams of becoming a famous rock star or of travelling through the wondrous universe on an amazing spaceship. For five devoted friends these dreams come true
Download or read book Doomsday Asteroid written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Perilous Planet Earth by : Trevor Palmer
Download or read book Perilous Planet Earth written by Trevor Palmer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-06-12 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A readable account of the history of natural disasters throughout history.
Book Synopsis Controversy Catastrophism and Evolution by : Trevor Palmer
Download or read book Controversy Catastrophism and Evolution written by Trevor Palmer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Controversy, Trevor Palmer fully documents how traditional gradualistic views of biological and geographic evolution are giving way to a catastrophism that credits cataclysmic events, such as meteorite impacts, for the rapid bursts and abrupt transitions observed in the fossil record. According to the catastrophists, new species do not evolve gradually; they proliferate following sudden mass extinctions. Placing this major change of perspective within the context of a range of ancient debates, Palmer discusses such topics as the history of the solar system, present-day extraterrestrial threats to earth, hominid evolution, and the fossil record.
Book Synopsis The Lonely Existence of Asteroids and Comets by : Mark Andrew Weakland
Download or read book The Lonely Existence of Asteroids and Comets written by Mark Andrew Weakland and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a dark night as you watch the sky with your friends, a rock with a fiery tail shoots across the sky. A comet! Asteroids and comets hurtle through space, sometimes a little too close to Earth. But did you know that they are linked to life on this planet? From the asteroid Ceres to HalleyÕs comet, blast into space and enter the lonely existence of asteroids and comets.
Book Synopsis The Mathematics Of Natural Catastrophes by : Gordon Woo
Download or read book The Mathematics Of Natural Catastrophes written by Gordon Woo and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1999-10-15 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a unique book about natural catastrophes, focusing on the mathematical aspects of these phenomena. Although academic in style and didactic in purpose, it is practical in the treatment of the diverse issues covered, which range from hazard warning and forecasting to engineering design criteria and insurance loss estimation. Addressing as it does many mathematical topics not found together in a single volume, the book should be of value to all those with a quantitative educational interest in or professional concern for natural catastrophes.
Book Synopsis Bombarded Britain: A Search For British Impact Structures by : Richard Stratford
Download or read book Bombarded Britain: A Search For British Impact Structures written by Richard Stratford and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2004-07-26 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes a search for geological evidence of meteorite impact structures in Britain. The statistics of impact structures indicate that Britain should have Phanerozoic impact structures up to tens of kilometres in diameter. A constant theme is the importance of atmospheric break-up of small asteroids and comets. These fragmenting bodies produce anomalously shallow craters with low rims and central peaks; three British structures of this type are identified.Analysis of fireball statistics implies that damaging fireball explosions occur over the British Isles on a time-scale of decades. On a time-scale of millennia, however, more damage is done by Atlantic impact tsunami.
Book Synopsis The Tungus Event, Or the Great Siberian Meteorite by : John Engledew
Download or read book The Tungus Event, Or the Great Siberian Meteorite written by John Engledew and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This popular science book shares the fascination of the Tungus Event, a major mystery of the 20th century, in a factual and informed way. It provides "on-the-ground" descriptions of the site and explains the findings and the puzzlement of international scientists who have investigated it over the decades. After a brief and readable overview of comets, meteors, the sun and the solar system, the author ponders the range of possible explanations for the "great Siberian meteorite." The research is up to date, factual and scientific. While making no absurd claims to solving the puzzle, the author studies some intriguing clues in NASA's orbit diagrams for Comet Encke, and he is bold in discussing the possible causes of what was the greatest natural explosion in recorded history. As he points out, [Hypotheses] include rogue asteroids, mini black holes and even alien intervention....These explanations are not entirely equal to the facts. In the unique case of the Tunguska event, there was wholesale destruction to the mighty taiga woodlands but none of the debris that one would expect should exist from the body itself. Evidence like a strewn field of meteorite debris or meteoric dust on the trees and ground were never found, nor were any craters, in the area beneath the site of the fireball nor anywhere along the path it took. There are no craters because the Tunguska Cosmic Body (TCB) did not hit the ground. Atmospheric anomalies prior to the dramatic appearance of the fiery body puzzlingly occurred for several days, adding to the enigma. There are just a handful of English-language books on this subject. The most recent, The Tunguska Mystery, by the Russian Rubstov (Astronomers Universe, Springer Science 2009) is authoritative but highly technical and hard going for the general reader. Mr. Engledew instead tells the story in a balanced and engaging style.
Book Synopsis Law and Regulation of Commercial Mining of Minerals in Outer Space by : Ricky Lee
Download or read book Law and Regulation of Commercial Mining of Minerals in Outer Space written by Ricky Lee and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-03-05 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph addresses the legal and policy issues relating to the commercial exploitation of natural resources in outer space. It begins by establishing the economic necessity and technical feasibility of space mining today, an estimate of the financial commitments required, followed by a risk analysis of a commercial mining venture in space, identifying the economic and legal risks. This leads to the recognition that the legal risks must be minimised to enable such projects to be financed. This is followed by a discussion of the principles of international space law, particularly dealing with state responsibility and international liability, as well as some of the issues arising from space mining activities. Much detail is devoted to the analysis of the content of the common heritage of mankind doctrine. The monograph then attempts to balance such interests in creating a legal and policy compromise to create a new regulatory regime.
Download or read book Tsunami written by Edward Bryant and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-01-29 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tsunamis are underrated as major hazards, mainly due to the misconceptions that they occur infrequently and happen along some distant shoreline. However, evidence for past great tsunami has recently been discovered along apparently aseismic and protected coastlines, such as those of Australia and Western Europe. This is a comprehensive and well illustrated textbook on all aspects of tsunami. It can be used by a student or layperson to gain encyclopedic knowledge about tsunami.
Book Synopsis Discover Nature in the Rocks by : Rebecca Lawton
Download or read book Discover Nature in the Rocks written by Rebecca Lawton and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 1997-06-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A friendly introduction to hands-on study of nature in your own backyard. Simple activities for all ages.
Download or read book Fire on Earth written by John Gribbin and published by . This book was released on 1996-07 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fire on Earth reveals that comets have been a continuing problem throughout geological time. It examines the controversial claims that there are 'periodic extinctions' of life on earth linked to a recurring cycle of cometary impacts
