Falling Sky: The Science and History of Meteorites and Why We Should Learn to Love Them

by Ted Nield

Book Overview

Did an enormous collision in the Asteroid Belt, orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter, bombard Earth with meteorites 470 million years ago? Astonishing new research suggests it did, and a revolutionary theory is emerging that this bombardment resulted in the single greatest increase in biological diversity on the planet since the origin of life.

Introducing these discoveries to the general public for the first time, Ted Nield challenges...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762778288
• ISBN13: 9780762778287
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"