Rocks from Space: Meteorites and Meteorite Hunters
- ISBN-10
- 0878423737
- ISBN-13
- 9780878423736
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 447
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Mountain Press
- Author
- O. Richard Norton
Description
Explores the world of meteorites, asteroids, and comets from the perspectives of science, folklore, and superstition
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- 2001-02
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- Mountain Press Publishing Company
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