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Doomsday Asteroid: Can We Survive? - Couverture rigide

Cox, Donald W.; Chestek, James H.

 
9781573920667: Doomsday Asteroid: Can We Survive?
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1573920665 ISBN 13 : 9781573920667
Editeur : Prometheus Books, 1996

Synopsis

Sixty-five million years ago, a gigantic asteroid collided with Earth. The resulting dust clouds and fire storm blotted out the sunlight, destroying much of the animal, plant, and fish life most notably, the dinosaurs. What would happen if another giant asteroid found itself on a collision course with Earth? This is the most comprehensive current book for general readers to address the threats and potential benefits of asteroids. Space experts Cox and Chestek explain the major differences between comets and asteroids and describe what might happen should the Earth suffer a collision with either one of them, a distinct future possibility.

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Revue de presse

"One of their more frightening conclusions is that the risk of death in the next 50 years from a collision with an asteroid is greater than that from an airline crash or any other type of natural catastrophe. This very readable book looks at not only the horrors involved in a collision, but at the great benefits we could accumulate from mining and capturing these celestial neighbors."
Rocky Mountain News
". . . informative, reasoned and interesting."
San Diego Union-Tribune
". . . a serious look at the possibilities of asteroid and comet impacts on Earth and what can be done to predict and prevent them. . . . a comprehensive look at the threats these objects are to the Earth. They also do a good job showing the limitless possibilities for developing these asteroids in space - a combination not usually found in other books."
Spaceviews

Présentation de l'éditeur

Sixty-five million years ago, a gigantic asteroid collided with Earth. The resulting dust clouds and fire storm blotted out the sunlight, destroying much of the animal, plant, and fish life - most notably, the dinosaurs. What would happen if another giant asteroid found itself on a collision course with Earth?

This is the most comprehensive current book for general readers to address the threats and potential benefits of asteroids. Space experts Cox and Chestek explain the major differences between comets and asteroids and describe what might happen should the Earth suffer a collision with either one of them, a distinct future possibility.

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Éditeur
Prometheus Books
Date d'édition
1996
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1573920665
ISBN 13 
9781573920667
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
338
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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