The fallen sky
Subtitle: an intimate history of shooting stars
By: Christopher Cokinos.
Publisher: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 517
ISBN-13: 9781585427208
Subjects: Meteorites -- Miscellanea
Genres: Miscellanea
Description: Weaving natural history, memoir, and the stories of maverick scientists, daring adventurers, and stargazing dreamers, this book takes us from Antarctica to outer space to tell the tale of how the study of meteorites became a scientific passion.--From publisher description.