Cosmic impact : understanding the threat to Earth from asteroids and comets
May, Andrew (Freelance writer)2019
Books, Manuscripts
As end-of-the-world scenarios go, an apocalyptic collision with an asteroid or comet is the new kid on the block, gaining respectability only in the last decade of the 20th century with the realisation that the dinosaurs had been wiped out by just such an impact. Now the science community is making up for lost time, with worldwide efforts to track the thousands of potentially hazardous near-Earth objects, and plans for high-tech hardware that could deflect an incoming object from a collision course - a procedure depicted, with little regard for scientific accuracy, in several Hollywood movies.
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Author:
May, Andrew (Freelance writer), author
Imprint:
London : Icon, 2019.
Collation:
167 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781785784934 (pbk)
Dewey class:
523.44
Language:
English
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BRN:
2769269