[meteorite-list] NPA 12-07-1952 Out Of The Sky, Nininger, Book Review
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Jul 13 22:23:07 2005 Message-ID: <BAY104-F422C83E2A7FEDD29D3633DB3D10_at_phx.gbl> Paper: The Oakland Tribune City: Oakland, California Date: Sunday, December 7, 1952 Page: 2-C New Text Explains Cosmic Phenomena of Meteorites Reviewed by FRANK KETTLEWELL OUT OF THE SKY, by H. H. Nininger; University of Denver Press, Denver, Colo.; $5. It has been satisfactorily established that approximately 24,000,000 pieces of stone and metal, known as meteorites, come "out of the sky" each day and encounter the earth's atmosphere. "Out of the Sky" tells much of the stony of these bits of matter from outer space, in the new and exciting science of meteoritics. The book covers the entire field of meteorites. It begins with the history of the earliest known falls that filled the savage mind with awe. The various types of meteorites are described and a planned program to search for these rare pieces of cosmic matter is given in detail. Meteorites are man's only physical contact with other space and the analytical study of them has led to many queries, such as: where do they come from? what are they made of? what caused their peculiar structures? how fast do they travel? what happens when they collide with the earth? - these and many other questions are answered in "Out of the Sky" by one of the America's most active meteoriticists, who is director of the American Meteorite Museum, Meteor Crater, Arizona. With over 170 photographs, the text is fully comprehensible to the amateur scientist. (end) Clear Skies, Mark Bostick Wichita, Kansas http://www.meteoritearticles.com http://www.kansasmeteoritesociety.com http://www.imca.cc http://stores.ebay.com/meteoritearticles PDF copy of this article, and most I post (and about 3/4 of those on my website), is available upon e-mail request. The NPA in the subject line, stands for Newspaper Article. The old list server allowed us a search feature the current does not, so I guess this is more for quick reference and shortening the subject line now. Received on Wed 13 Jul 2005 10:23:04 PM PDT |
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