The rock from Mars : a detective story on two planets / Kathy Sawyer.
2006
QB54 .S263 2006 (Mapit)
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The rock from Mars : a detective story on two planets / Kathy Sawyer.
Author
Sawyer, Kathy.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
1400060109 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
New York : Random House, c2006.
Language
English
Description
xii, 394 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Item Number
9781400060108
Call Number
QB54 .S263 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification
576.8/39
Summary
Sixteen million years ago, an asteroid crashing into Mars sent fragments flying into space and, eons later, one was pulled by the Earth's gravity onto the icy wilderness of Antarctica, where a geologist spotted it. In its new home at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, the rock languished on a shelf for nine years. Then, in 1993, a geochemist unmasked the rock as a Martian meteorite. Before long, possible signs of once-living organisms were detected, and the obscure rock became a rock star. From the second the story broke in Science magazine, it spawned waves of excitement, envy, competitive zeal, and calculation. The narrative traces the steps that led to this risky move and follows the rippling impact on the scientists' lives, the future of space exploration, the search for life on Mars, and the struggle to understand the origins of life on Earth.--From publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-375) and index.
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Moon dust
Odd ducks
E.T.s handshake
The convert
Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy
The grand inquisitor
"Klaatu Barada Nikto"
In the beam
Schopf shock
Explorations
At daggers drawn
Bingo
Schadenfreude
Down the rabbit hole.
Moon dust
Odd ducks
E.T.s handshake
The convert
Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy
The grand inquisitor
"Klaatu Barada Nikto"
In the beam
Schopf shock
Explorations
At daggers drawn
Bingo
Schadenfreude
Down the rabbit hole.