A Cabinet Of Curiosities: The Myth, Magic And Measure Of Meteorites – PDF

Hurtling through the atmosphere in a blaze of light and reverberating percussions, the arrival of a meteorite on Earth is a magical, rare, and precious sight. These characteristics have accordingly ensured a long yet often controversial history. For all this, meteorites are cosmic messengers. This ebook A Cabinet Of Curiosities: The Myth, Magic, And Measure Of Meteorites (PDF), tells us about meteorites. They tell us about the entire solar system’s history, their story carrying us from the earliest moments when solid material began forming in the solar nebula. Indeed, meteorites played a crucial role in the origins of Earth’s oceans and the genesis of life. Meteorites also tell us about the origin and evolution of the asteroids, and they tell us about impacts upon the Moon and the volcanic history of the planet Mars. Much is known about the structure and chemistry of meteorites, but for all this, they still harbor many scientific mysteries that have yet to be resolved.

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