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Title Statement | Fire in the sky: cosmic collisions, killer asteroids, and the race to defend Earth / Gordon L. Dillow. |
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Author | Dillow, Gordon |
Publication | New York: Scribner,2019. |
Edition | First Scribner hardcover edition. |
Extent of Item | ix, 277 pages |
ISBN | 1501187740 9781501187742 |
Other Number | 3573208 |
Contents | Impact! -- Miraculous apparitions in the ayre -- Asteroid miners -- Star wounds -- T-rex with a string of pearls -- Asteroid hunters -- Planetary defense -- Asteroid killers -- Asteroid wars -- Epilogue. |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index. |
Summary | "An historical survey about asteroid hits sustained by Earth and the defenses being prepared against future asteroid-caused catastrophe"--Provided by publisher. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Asteroids--Collisions with Earth |
Impact craters | |
Collisions (Astrophysics) | |
Near-Earth objects | |
By Location | Earth (Planet)--Surface |