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- catalog abstract "Meteorites, those mysterious relics of the Solar System's birth, are a topic of continuing interest to scientist and layperson alike, and their interpretation has undergone dramatic changes over time. Burke provides a most thorough and readable account of the fascinating evolution of scientific thought on the subject of meteorites. The curious folklore and legends that have grown up around meteorites also receive their due share of attention. Contemporary meteorite research and the host of new techniques used in its conduct are also described. The copious notes and 56-page bibliography will appeal to the more scholarly reader. --From Library Journal.".
- catalog contributor b672267.
- catalog created "c1986.".
- catalog date "1986".
- catalog date "c1986.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1986.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 365-419.".
- catalog description "Disbelief -- Acceptance -- Mathematical astronomy and statistics -- Nineteenth-century foundations of meteorite analysis -- Late nineteenth-century meteorite theories -- Curators and collectors -- Folklore, myth, and utility -- New directions 1900-1950 -- Contemporary meteorite research and theories.".
- catalog description "Meteorites, those mysterious relics of the Solar System's birth, are a topic of continuing interest to scientist and layperson alike, and their interpretation has undergone dramatic changes over time. Burke provides a most thorough and readable account of the fascinating evolution of scientific thought on the subject of meteorites. The curious folklore and legends that have grown up around meteorites also receive their due share of attention. Contemporary meteorite research and the host of new techniques used in its conduct are also described. The copious notes and 56-page bibliography will appeal to the more scholarly reader. --From Library Journal.".
- catalog extent "x, 445 p., [4] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0520056515 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1986".
- catalog issued "c1986.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Berkeley : University of California Press,".
- catalog subject "Meteorites History.".
- catalog subject "QB755 .B87 1986".
- catalog tableOfContents "Disbelief -- Acceptance -- Mathematical astronomy and statistics -- Nineteenth-century foundations of meteorite analysis -- Late nineteenth-century meteorite theories -- Curators and collectors -- Folklore, myth, and utility -- New directions 1900-1950 -- Contemporary meteorite research and theories.".
- catalog title "Cosmic debris : meteorites in history / John G. Burke.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".