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Autore |
Verschuur Gerrit L. <1937-> |
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Impact! : the threat of comets and asteroids / / Gerrit L. Verschuur |
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Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1997 |
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©1996 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-756123-3 |
1-280-47127-1 |
0-19-802617-X |
9786610471270 |
1-4237-3904-3 |
0-19-535327-7 |
1-60256-270-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (256p. ) : ill., facsims., map |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Comets |
Asteroids |
Impact |
Evolution (Biology) |
Earth (Planet) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 1996. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Content -- 1: The Killer Strikes -- 2: The Saga of the Chicxulub Crater -- 3: Solar System Debris -- 4: Something About Comets -- 5: The Birth of the Earth -- 6: The Nineteenthcentury Perspective -- 7: Twentieth-Century Rumblings -- 8: Comet Impacts in History -- 9: On the Edge of Extinction -- 10: Reconstructing the Crime -- 11: Death Star or Coherent Catastrophism? -- 12: Craters and Tsunamis -- 13: Offering Odds on Impact -- 14: The Great Comet Crash of 1994 -- 15: The Aftermath -- 16: The Search -- 17: Dodging the Asteroids? -- 18: Our Place in Space -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Subject Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Until recently collisions between the Earth and a comet were thought to |
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