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Target Earth
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Time Life UK, 2001
ISBN 10 : 070543365X
ISBN 13 : 9780705433655
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Vendeur : AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Target Earth This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. . N° de réf. du vendeur 7719-9780705433655
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Target Earth
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Time Life UK 01/01/2001, 2001
ISBN 10 : 070543365X
ISBN 13 : 9780705433655
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Vendeur : Bahamut Media, Reading, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee. N° de réf. du vendeur 6545-9780705433655
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Target Earth
Edité par
Time-Life Books, 2000
ISBN 10 : 070543365X
ISBN 13 : 9780705433655
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Paperback
Vendeur : Crappy Old Books, Barry, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Target Earth (2000) by Duncan Steel Time-Life Books ISBN: 9780705433655 Condition: Very Good As sold by Crappy Old Books There are two kinds of people in the world: those who occasionally glance at the night sky and think, ?Lovely,? and those who look up and think, ?Yes, but what if something is looking back? with a clipboard?? Target Earth is very much for the second group. This is a gloriously turn-of-the-millennium Time-Life production: sleek, confident, and quietly thrilling in that particular way only science writing can be when it realises it?s allowed to be a bit scary. Duncan Steel takes the big question ? are we in danger from space? ? and refuses to answer it with vague handwaving. Instead, he gives you the cosmic equivalent of a home security survey, except the neighbourhood includes asteroids, comets, solar storms, and assorted celestial objects with the manners of a runaway lorry . You?ll get the headline horrors, naturally: the dinosaur-reset button, the crater-making rocks, the ?statistically it must happen? impacts, and the uncomfortable realisation that Earth is basically a moving target in a shooting gallery we never asked to join. But what makes this book fun is that it doesn?t just scream ?panic? and run away. It explains the science, the detection problem, the search programmes, the near misses, and the genuinely fascinating work of trying to spot things before they introduce themselves at twenty kilometres per second. It also has that classic Time-Life vibe: high production values, clear explanations, and the gentle feeling that you?re being educated by a calm, well-lit documentary narrator who will never raise his voice even as he tells you the sky contains several polite but existential threats. The tone is reassuringly practical: yes, the universe is chaotic, but humans are clever, and we?ve started building the intellectual equivalent of a torch and a notepad. And because it?s 2000, there?s that faintly nostalgic optimism too ? the sense that science and co-operation might actually get ahead of the problem, that we can map the hazards, develop deflection ideas, and treat planetary defence as a solvable engineering challenge rather than a doom prophecy. It?s apocalyptic, but in a neat, organised way. A very sensible apocalypse. This copy is in very good condition , which is fitting for a book about the importance of spotting trouble early. Clean, sharp, and ready to sit on your shelf looking like the most interesting thing in the room ? the sort of book that makes visitors say, ?Target Earth? ?Should I be worried?? and you can reply, ?Not unless you like worrying recreationally.? Perfect for: Space nerds, science readers, and the quietly anxious Anyone who loves the words ?probability,? ?trajectory,? and ?near-Earth object? People who enjoy their bedtime reading with a side of cosmic perspective Readers who suspect the most dangerous thing in space is not aliens, but math Less ideal for: Those who prefer the sky to remain decorative Anyone who thinks ?impact event? sounds like a productivity seminar People who want comforting confirmation that nothing ever happens A smart, vivid, oddly soothing guide to the fact that Earth is not just a planet ? it?s a target. And thankfully, we?ve started paying attention. N° de réf. du vendeur 5849
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