Books and Multimedia Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Meteorites from A to Z by Michael R. Jensen, William B Ces Pierres qui tombent du ciel by Jean‐Paul Poirier Aiming for the Stars: The Dreamers and Doers of the Space Age by Tom D. Crouch     

BOOK REVIEW

Book Review in this Article: Thunderstones. A Study of Meteorites Based on Falls and Finds in Arkansas by Derek W. G. Sears Brazilian Stone Meteorites by Celso B. Gomes and Klaus Keil     

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Book reviewed in this article: Catalogue of Meteorites, Fifth Edition (Revised and Enlarged) by Monica M. Grady Extrasolar Planets: The Search for New Worlds by Stuart Clark The Moon: Resources, Future Development and Colonization by David Schrunk, Burton Sharpe, Bonnie Cooper and Madhu Thangavelu Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe by Peter D. Ward and Donald E. Brownlee     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Rendezvous in Space: The Science of Comets by John C. Brandt and Robert D. Chapman The Care and Conservation of Geological Material: Minerals, Rocks, Meteorites and Lunar Finds edited by Frank M. Howie Remote Geochemical Analysis: Elemental and Mineralogical Composition edited by Carlé M. Pieters and Peter A. J. Englert Transuranium Elements: A Half Century edited by L. R. Morss and J. Fuger     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Nothing Is Too Wonderful to Be True by Philip Morrison. Meteorites. (videotape) Vol. 1: Menace From the Sky. Vol. 2: Witnesses From Beyond the Times. Meteorites by Alain Carion. Addendum to a book review of To a Rocky Moon: A Geologist's History of Lunar Exploration by Don E. Wilhelms.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Meteorites and Their Parent Planets by Harry Y. McSween, Jr. Meteorite Craters by Kathleen Mark. Coon Mountain Controversies. Meteor Impact and the Development of the Impact Theory by William Graves Hoyt. The Tucson Meteorites by Richard R. Willey.     

Book Review

Book reviewed in this article: An introduction to the solar system , edited by Neil McBride and Iain Gilmour. Meteorites: A petrologic, chemical and isotopic synthesis , by Robert Hutchinson.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Hazards Due to Comets & Asteroids edited by T. Gehrels. Collecting Meteorites: Starting in Your Own Back Yard by H. Carman and T. Kapitany.     

Book and Multimedia Reviews

Meteorites and Their Parent Planets, Second Edition by Harry McSween. Life on Other Worlds: The 20th‐century Extraterrestrial Life Debate by Steven J. Dick. Introduction to Stellar Winds by Henny Lamers and Joseph Cassinelli.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: The Meteorite and Tektite Collector's Handbook by Philip M. Bagnall Comets, Asteroids, and Meteorites by the editors of Time-Life Books     

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Book reviewed in this article: Meteorites: Their Impact on Science and History edited by Brigitte Zanda and Monica Rotaru. The Universe Unveiled: Instruments and Images through History edited by Bruce Stephenson, Marvin Bolt and Anna Felicity Friedman.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Spectroscopic Characterization of Minerals and their Surfaces edited by Lelia M. Coyne, Stephen W. S. McKeever and David F. Blake. Cosmic Debris, Meteorites in History , John G. Burke     

NEW BOOKS

Carbonaceous Meteorites by Bartholomew Nagy with a preface by Harold Urey, Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, 1975, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 746 pages, US $80.95. Monograph on the classification, composition ages, falls and origin of meteorites with emphasis on historical information regarding carbonaceous chondrites and their chemistry, mineralogy and petrology. Meteorites A nd Their Origins by G. J. H. McCall, John Wiley & Sons, 1973, New York, USA. 352 pages, US $12.95. Reviews all aspects of meteoritics including craters and tektites. Meteorites — Classification and Properties by J. T. Wasson, Springer-Verlag, 1974, New York, Heidelberg, Berlin. 316 pages, US $31.20. An introduction to meteorite science and a handbook on meteorite classification.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Meteorites: Messengers from Space by F. Heide and F. Wlotzka, translated by R. S. Clarke, Jr. and F. Wlotzka. Resources of Near-Earth Space edited by J. S. Lewis, M. S. Matthews and M. L. Guerrieri. The Origin of the Solar System: Soviet Research 1925–1991 (eds. A. E. Levin and S. G. Brush). An Introduction to Cosmochemistry by Charles R. Cowley. AIP Conference Proceedings 310: Analysis of Interplanetary Dust (eds. M. E. Zolensky, T. L. Wilson, F. J. M. Rietmeijer, and G. J. Flynn). Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, vol. 22 (eds. G. W. Wetherill, A. L. Albee and K. C. Burke). Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, vol. 23 (eds. G. W. Wetherill, A. L. Albee and K. C. Burke).     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Rocks from Space: Meteorites and Meteorite Hunters by O. R. Norton Geochemical Reference Material Compositions by P. J. Potts, A. G. Tindle and P. C. Webb Crystallography in Modern Chemistry: A Resource Book of Crystal Structures by Thomas C. W. Mak and Gong-Du Zhou Stardust to Planets: A Geological Tour of the Solar System by H. Y. McSween     

Books and Multimedia Review

Book reviewed in this article: The Oxford Companion to the Earth edited by Paul L. Hancock, Brian J. Skinner and David L. Dineley. Molecular Hydrogen in Space edited by F. Combes and G. Pineau des Forets. The Cambridge Handbook of Physics Formulas by G. Woan. From Mountains to Meteorites by Brian Mason and Simon Nathan.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Meteorite, Urmaterie aus dem interplanetaren Raum by Rolf W. Bühler, Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, Boston, Berlin, 1988, 192 pp. Kleine Meteoritenkunde by F. Heide. 3rd, totally revised edition by F. Wlotzka Meteorites and the Early Solar System edited by John F. Kerridge and Mildred S. Matthews.     

Books and Multimedia Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Exploring Meteorite Mysteries: A Teacher's Guide with Activities for Earth and Space Science by Marilyn Lindstrom, Jaclyn Allen, Allan Treiman, Carl Allen, and Anita Dodson. Natural Catastrophes During Bronze Age Civilisations: Archeological, Geological, Astronomical and Cultural Perspectives edited by Benny J. Peiser, Trevor Palmer, and Mark E. Bailey. Meteors and Meteorites: An Historic Archive of Articles, Books and Catalogues, Vol. I (cd-rom ). Compiled and edited by Eric Hutton, 1998. The Cosmic Travelers Series (three videotape set).     

KAABA STONE: NOT A METEORITE,PROBABLY AN AGATE

The Black Stone of the Kaaba apparently is not a meteorite, although listed as a probable example in the Prior-Hey Catalogue of Meteorites. Diffusion banding and other physical attributes suggest that it is an agate.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Discovering the Secrets of the Sun by Rudolf Kippenhahn. Protostars and Planets III (eds. E. Levy, J. I. Lunine and M. S. Matthews). Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles and Momentous Discoveries by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne. WinMetCat (V. 1.0) Electronic Catalogue of Meteorites and Meteorite Craters by B. Booz, B. Pauli, and R. W. Bühler. Swiss Meteorite Laboratory, P. O. Box 126, CH-8750, Glarus, Switzerland, 1994, sfr 490 (update: sfr 90). MetBase (V. 1.0), Meteorite Data Retrieval Program by J. Koblitz Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1993: Proceedings of the 160th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union (eds. A. Milani, M. Di Martino and A. Cellino).