Skip to content

FIELD GUIDE TO METEORS AND METEORITES (THE PATRICK MOORE PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

FIELD GUIDE TO METEORS AND METEORITES (THE PATRICK MOORE PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY SERIES) Paperback - 2008 - 2008th Edition

by NORTON, O. RICHARD & LAWRENCE CHITWOOD (MOORE, PATRICK)

  • Used
  • very good
  • Paperback
  • first

Description

London,UK: Springer. Very Good. 2008. 1st Edition,3p; 9876543pt line. paperback. 7 X 0.75 X 10.25 inches. VERY GOOD Condition PAPERBACK...Inner cover has hand written details on CHABOT SPAACE & SCIENCE CENTER...Oakland..else very clean, solid, bright copy.. ; white ttiles on blue black glossy paper covers showing rainbow lines, and large black meteorite on stoney debris field.. ; 302 pages; ; how formed; mineral IDs. Chemical astronomy. Index both a field guide to observing meteors, and also a field guide to locating, preparing and analysing meteorites. .
Used - Very Good
NZ$58.18
NZ$5.82 Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 7 to 14 days
More Shipping Options
Ships from Wonderful Books by Mail (California, United States)
The BIBLIO Guarantee | Ask Seller a Question

Details

  • Title FIELD GUIDE TO METEORS AND METEORITES (THE PATRICK MOORE PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY SERIES)
  • Author NORTON, O. RICHARD & LAWRENCE CHITWOOD (MOORE, PATRICK)
  • Illustrator Glossy Color Photos,drawings
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 2008th
  • Edition 1st Edition,3p; 9876543pt line
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 287
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Springer, London,UK
  • Date 2008
  • Features Glossary, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 137917
  • ISBN 9781848001565 / 1848001568
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.9 in (25.15 x 17.53 x 2.29 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008921357
  • Dewey Decimal Code 523.51

About Wonderful Books by Mail California, United States

Biblio member since 2008
Seller rating: This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.

I have been selling Ink on Paper for over 50 years. I provide personal service, Worldwide Delivery & will answer your questions about any item you see in my extensive BIBLIO.com LISTINGS

Terms of Sale:

Tems of sale. FULL RETURNS FOR ANY REASON ALLOWED. Please Contact seller before returns. PHONE,530-892-8191 DROP SHIPPING & GIFT ORDERS. Selling Ink on Paper for over 50 years.

Browse books from Wonderful Books by Mail

From the publisher

It is said that astronomy is one of the few remaining fields in which amateurs can make a real contribution to science, and nowhere is this more true than in the field of meteors and meteorites. What is unique about Richard Norton's book is that it is both a field guide to observing meteors, and also a field guide to locating, preparing and analysing meteorites. In addition to giving the reader information about observing techniques for meteors, this book also provides a fully detailed account of the types of meteorites, how and where to find them, how to prepare and analyse them. The book provides everything the amateur astronomer (or geologist!) needs to know about meteors and meteorites. It is thus the only complete book on the subject available at present.

From the rear cover

Imagine the unique experience of being the very first person to hold a newly-found meteorite in your hand - a rock from space, older than Earth!

"Weekend meteorite hunting" with magnets and metal detectors is becoming ever more popular as a pastime, but of course you can't just walk around and pick up meteorites in the same way that you can pick up seashells on the beach. Those fragments that survived the intense heat of re-entry tend to disguise themselves as natural rocks over time, and it takes a trained eye - along with the information in this book - to recognize them.

Just as amateur astronomers are familiar with the telescopes and accessories needed to study a celestial object, amateur meteoriticists have to use equipment ranging from simple hand lenses to microscopes to study a specimen, to identify its type and origins.

Equipment and techniques are covered in detail here of course, along with a complete and fully illustratedguide to what you might find and where you might find it. In fact, the Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites contains pretty much everything an amateur astronomer - or geologist - needs to know about meteors and meteorites.

Media reviews

Citations

  • Choice, 01/01/2009, Page 0

Hang on… we’re fetching the requested page.