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050 00 $aQB721$b.L42 1996
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100 1 $aLewis, John S.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83186095
245 10 $aRain of iron and ice :$bthe very real threat of comet and asteroid bombardment /$cJohn S. Lewis.
260 $aReading, Mass. :$bAddison-Wesley Pub. Co.,$c[1996], ©1996.
300 $axi, 236 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aHelix books
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tStones That Fall from the Sky --$g2.$tTarget: Earth --$g3.$tStealth Weapons from Space --$g4.$tBrighter Than a Thousand Suns --$g5.$tThe Space Age: The Cratered Planets --$g6.$tNear-Earth Objects --$g7.$tThe Bashful Face of Mars --$g8.$tEnds of Geological Ages --$g9.$tEarth's Twin --$g10.$tYou Found What on Mercury?? --$g11.$tComet and Asteroid Families --$g12.$tCraters in the Ocean Don't Last --$g13.$tEffects on Human Populations --$g14.$tThe Fiery Rain: Simulations by Computer --$g15.$tWhat Can We Do About It?
520 $aIn the first book for the general reader that presents the full range of scientific evidence for past and possibly future dangers, noted planetologist and impact-crater expert John S. Lewis shows us the unmistakable evidence - from space-probe flybys of the planets to the scars on our own Earth - of cataclysmic comet and asteroid impacts.
520 8 $aBy comparing what we know about the earth's geology and paleontology with the images of the other planets and moons in our solar system, Lewis makes the strongest case yet for sudden, dramatic extinctions and assesses the risks to planet Earth. Not even Darwin was aware of the events now seen as having played such a crucial role in the evolution of life on earth.
520 8 $a. Lewis tells of the dangers to our civilization, dangers in the form of near-earth asteroids, or NEAs, whose impact could destroy in an instant what it has taken humans millennia to build. Finally, he describes the searches and preventive measures being undertaken today by scientists around the globe to ward off this threat from space.
650 0 $aComets$xEnvironmental aspects.
650 0 $aAsteroids$xEnvironmental aspects.
650 0 $aImpact.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064599
830 0 $aHelix book.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83709544
852 00 $boff,sci$hQB721$i.L42 1996