[meteorite-list] Book advice

From: Gary Fujihara <fujmon_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 05:13:57 -1000
Message-ID: <C2BA8732-7144-4555-BF45-EC14B0BE2272_at_mac.com>

I concur with Bernd that O. Richard Norton's books are without parallel. I have all the aforementioned books listed below, and although I have found them to be very good sources of information and photographs, Henry and other list members, should find Norton's Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites to be of great value at any price.

gary
PS. if you also get the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Meteorites, then you should make it a sweep and also get his Rocks From Space. The Trifecta of meteorite literature available to collectors.

On Jun 14, 2010, at 5:02 AM, bernd.pauli at paulinet.de wrote:

> Wife and kids want me to pick out a book for Father's Day.
>
> I'm interested in one of these three books:
> 1) Meteorites by Caroline Smith
> 2) Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorite by Norton
> 3) Meteorites: Messengers from space by Fritz Heide
> (the updated latest edition)
>
> I would like input from listees in which is the best
> buy for info in regard to price and overall usefulness.
>
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>
> Hello Henry and List,
>
> Without a doubt and in spite of its price:
>
> O.R. Norton's Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites
>
> unless you can get O.R. Norton's:
>
> Cambridge Encyclopedia of Meteorites
>
> .. which would be my first choice!
>
> And, of course, the "duo" Field Guide + Cambridge
> Encyclopedia would be ... ideal ;-)
>
> Best regards from
> Germany,
>
> Bernd
>
>
>
>
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