The rock from Mars : a detective story on two planets / Kathy Sawyer.
The rock from Mars : a detective story on two planets / Kathy Sawyer.
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New York : Random House, c2006.
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N576.839/24
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 394 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Score -- 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.
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Publisher
New York : Random House, c2006.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2006.
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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 u...
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The rock from Mars : a detective story on two planets / Kathy Sawyer.
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Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-375) and index.
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c2006.
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N576.839/24
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74VK6x4jzpJy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK6x4jzpJy
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ISBN
9781400060108
1400060109 (acid-free paper)
DDC
576.839
MMS ID
991021057239702626
