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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     

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Book reviewed in this article: Encyclopedia of Planetary Sciences edited by J. H. Shirley and R. W. Fairbridge, Chapman and Hall Asteroids: Their Nature and Utilization by Charles T. Kowal Review of Electronic Imaging in Astronomy: Detectors and Instrumentation by I. S. McLean Galileo's Commandment: An Anthology of Great Science Writing edited by Edmund Blair Bolles. W. H. Freeman The Manson Impact Structure, Iowa: Anatomy of an Impact Crater edited by C. Koeberl and R. R. Anderson     

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Book reviewed in this article: Geochronology and Thermochronology by the ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar Method: Second Edition by Ian McDougall and T. Mark Harrison. Protostars and Planets IV edited by V. Mannings, A. P. Boss, and S. S. Russell. The Star Formation Newsletter edited by Bo Reipurth. Astronomical Origins of Life: Steps Towards Panspermia by F. Hoyle and N. C. Wickramasinghe. Here Be Dragons: The Scientific Quest for Extraterrestrial Life by David Koerner and Simon LeVay.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Our Universe: The Thrill of Extragalactic Exploration as Told by Leading Experts edited by S. Alan Stern. Solar System Dynamics by C. D. Murray and S. F. Dermott. Astrobiology by Monica Grady. Moon Lander by Thomas J. Kelly. Noble Gas Geochemistry by Minoru Ozima and Frank A. Podosek.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Near-Earth Objects: The United Nations International Conference edited by John L. Remo. The Earth's Mantle: Composition, Structure, and Evolution edited by Ian Jackson.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Fault-Related Rocks: A Photographic Atlas edited by A. W. Snoke, J. Tullis, and V. R. Todd. The Search for Life on Other Planets by Bruce Jakosky. The Search for Extraterrestrial Life: Essays on Science and Technology edited by Peter Day Cosmic Bullets: High Energy Particles in Astrophysics by Roger Clay and Bruce Dawson. Pluto and Charon edited by S. Alan Stern and David J. Tholen. Fanfare for Earth by Harry McSween, Jr. St.     

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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.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 32 edited by G. Burbidge, D. Layzer and A. Sandage. Properties and Growth of Diamond edited by G. Davies. INSPEC, the Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1994 Noble Gas Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry edited by J. Matsuda. Explore the Planets by G. Jeffrey Taylor.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Tektite—Zeugen kosmischer Katastrophen by G. Heinen Dana's New Mineralogy—The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Eighth Edition edited by Richard V. Gaines;, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason and Abraham Rosenzweig Tektites, A Cosmic Paradox by Hal Povenmire and edited by John A. O'Keefe 'Silica ‘96’: Meeting on Libyan Desert Glass and Related Desert Events edited by Vincenzo de Michele     

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Book reviewed in this article: Origin of the Earth and Moon edited by R. M. Canup and K. Righter Bolshaya Medveditsa (Great Bear), No 1 edited by Yuri A. Vedernikov     

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Book Reviews in this article: Chondrules and the Protoplanetary Disk edited by R. H. Hewins, R. H. Jones, and E. R. D. Scott. Rain of Iron and Ice: The Very Real Threat of Comet and Asteroid Bombardment by John S. Lewis. Météorites! (exhibit at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle) and Les Météorites edited by B. Zanda, M. Rotaru and P. de la Cotardière. METEORITE! edited by Joel Schiff. Published quarterly by Pallasite Press,     

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Book reviewed in this article: Ripples in the Cosmos: A View Behind the Scenes of the New Cosmology by Michael Rowan-Robinson. Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics edited by Geoffrey Burbidge, David Layzer, and Allan Sandage. Planetologie: Eine Einführung by Ludolf Schultz. Mars edited by Hugh H. Kieffer, Bruce M. Jakosky, Conway W. Snyder and Mildred S. Matthews.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Moon Trip by Bert King. University of Houston Press Proceedings of the Twentieth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference edited by Virgil L. Sharpton and Graham Ryder. Asteroids II edited by R. P. Binzel, T. Gehrels and M. S. Matthews.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Fire in the Sky: Comets and Meteors, the Decisive Centuries, in British Art and Science by Roberta J. M. Olson and Jay M. Pasachoff Planetary Materials edited by J. J. Papike Destiny or Chance: Our Solar System and Its Place in the Cosmos by Stuart Ross Taylor Properties of Earth and Planetary Materials at High Pressure and Temperature edited by Murli H. Manghnami and Takehiko Yagi Night Comes to the Cretaceous: Dinosaur Extinction and the Transformation of Modern Geology by James Lawrence Powell     

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Natural Glasses by Vladimir Bou?ka, with contributions by Z. Borovec, A Cimbálniková, I. Kraus, A. Lajcáková and M. Pacesová. Academia and Ellis Horwood Origin and Evolution of the Elements edited by N. Prantzos, E. Vangioni-Flam and M. Cassé Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Volume 21 , edited by George W. Wetherill, Arden L. Albee and Kevin C. Burke Meteors by Neil Bone     

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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.     

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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).     

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Book reviewed in this article: Encyclopedia of Mineral Names by William H. Blackburn and William H. Dennen. Radiogenic Isotope Geology by A. P. Dickin Evolution of Hydrothermal Ecosystems on Earth (and Mars?) edited by Gregory R. Bock and Jamie A. Goode The Strange Case of Mrs. Hudson's Cat: And Other Science Mysteries Solved by Sherlock Holmes by Colin Bruce Astrophysical Implications of the Laboratory Study of PreSolar Materials edited by Thomas Bernatowicz and Ernst Zinner     

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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: Taking Science to the Moon: Lunar Experiments and the Apollo Program by Donald A. Beattie. Leonid Storm Research edited by Peter Jenniskens, Frans Rietmeijer, Noah Brosch and Mark Fonda.