Cosmic Impact: Understanding The Threat To Earth From Asteroids And Comets Andrew May Icon Books Αγγλικά Βιβλία Science Natural History

As End-Of-The-World Scenarios Go An Apocalyptic Collision With Anasteroid Or Comet Is The New Kid On Block Gaining Respectability Only Inthe Last Decade Of 20Th Century Realisation That Dinosaurs Hadbeen Wiped Out By Just Such Impact Now Science Community Making Up For Lost Time Withworldwide Efforts To Track Thousands Potentially Hazardous Near-Earthobjects And Plans High-Tech Hardware Could Deflect Incoming Objectfrom A Course - Procedure Depicted Little Regard Forscientific Accuracy In Several Hollywood Movies Astrophysicist Writer Andrew May Disentanglesfact From Fiction This Fast-Moving Entertaining Account Covering Thenature History Comets Asteroids Reason Why Some Orbits Are Morehazardous Than Others Devastating Local Global Effects Impactevent Would Produce More Optimistically Way Future Space Missionscould Avert Catastrophe Σελίδες: 176 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0514 Διαστάσεις: 12 9X12 9Cm