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Book reviewed in this article: Distant Wanderers: The Search for Planets Beyond the Solar System by Bruce Dorminey. Theoretical Astrophysics: Volume I: Astrophysical Processes by T. Padmanabhan. Tektites in the Geological Record: Showers of Glass from the Sky by Joe McCall. Astrobiology: Origins from the Big‐Bang to Civilisation edited by Julián Chela‐Flores, Guillermo A. Lemarchand and John Oró.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Evolutionary Catastrophes: The Science of Mass Extinction by Vincent Courtillot. Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist by Brother Guy Consolmagno SJ. Photochemistry of Planetary Atmospheres by Yuk L. Yung and William B. DeMore. Looking for Earths: The Race to Find New Solar Systems by Alan Boss. Venus Revealed: A New Look Below the Clouds of our Mysterious Twin Planet by David H. Grinspoon.     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Three Big Bangs: Comet Crashes, Exploding Stars, and the Creation of the Universe by Philip M. Dauber and Richard A. Muller Stars and Their Spectra: An Introduction to the Spectral Sequence by James B. Kaler Impact!: The Threat of Comets and Asteroids by Gerrit L. Verschuur Cosmic Clouds: Birth, Death, and Recycling in the Galaxy by James B. Kaler     

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Book reviewed in this article: Blind Watchers of the Sky: The People and Ideas that Shaped Our View of the Universe by Rocky Kolb Mining the Sky: Untold Riches from the Asteroids, Comets, and Planets by John S. Lewis The Sun as a Star by Roger J. Tayler Shadow of a Star: The Neutrino Story of Supernova 1987A by Alfred K. Mann. W. H. Freeman Worlds Unnumbered: The Search for Extrasolar Planets by Donald Goldsmith     

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Book reviewed in this article: Turn Right at Orion: Travels Through the Cosmos by Mitchell Begelman. Satellites of the Outer Planets: Worlds in their Own Right, Second Edition by David A. Rothery. Our Worlds: The Magnetism and Thrill of Planetary Exploration by S. Alan Stern. A Dictionary of Earth Sciences, Second Edition by Ailsa Allaby and Michael Allaby.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Shoemaker by Levy: The Man who Made an Impact by David H. Levy Impact Stratigraphy: The Italian Record by Alessandro Montanari and Christian Koeberl The Odessa Meteorite Craters and Their Geological Implications by Glen L. Evans and Charles E. Mear Mapping and Naming the Moon: A History of Lunar Cartography and Nomenclature by Ewen A. Whitaker Impacts and the Early Earth edited by Iain Gilmour and Christian Koeberl     

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Book Revieweds in this article: Victor Moritz Goldschmidt: Father of Modern Geochemistry by Brian Mason Meteorites: The Key to Our Existence by Robert Hutchison and Andrew Graham From Mantle to Meteorites edited by K. Gopalan, Vinod K. Gaur, B. L. K. Somayajulu and J. D. Macdougall Our Universe: An Armchair Guide by Michael Rowan-Robinson. W. H. Freeman Comets: A Chronological History of Observation, Science, Myth, and Folklore by Donald K. Yeomans Dictionary of Minor Planet Names by Lutz D. Schmadel.     

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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: 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     

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Book reviewed in this article: Asteroids: A History by Curtis Peebles. Physics Meets Mineralogy: Condensed‐Matter Physics in Geosciences edited by Hideo Aoki, Yasuhiko Syono and Russell J. Hemley. Building Planet Earth: Five Billion Years of Earth History by Peter Cattermole.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Introduction to Mineralogy by William D. Nesse. Cometography: A Catalog of Comets by Gary W. Kronk. Texture and Anisotropy: Preferred Orientations in Polycrystals and their Effect on Materials Properties by U. F. Kocks, C. N. Tomé and H‐R. Wenk. The Star of Bethlehem: The Legacy of the Magi by Michael R. Molnar.     

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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: 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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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.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Skywatchers, Shamans & Kings: Astronomy and the Archaeology of Power by E. C. Krupp. Comet Hale-Bopp: Find and Enjoy the Great Comet by Robert Burnham. Geochemical Reaction Modeling by Craig M. Bethke.     

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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     

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Book reviewed in this article: Impact Diamonds: Their Features, Origin and Significance by S. A. Vishnevsky, V. P. Afanasiev, K. P. Argunov and N. A. Pal'chick Earth From Above: Using Color-Coded Satellite Images to Examine the Global Environment by Claire L. Parkinson The Elusive Neutrino: A Subatomic Detective Story by Nickolas Solomey     

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Book reviewed in this article: Beyond the Moon: The Golden Age of Planetary Exploration 1971–1978 by R. S. Kraemer Glorious Eclipses: Their Past Present and Future by Serge Brunier and Jean‐Pierre Luminet     

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Book reviewed in this article: Chemical Dynamics in Extreme Environments, Volume 11 of Advanced Series in Physical Chemistry edited by Rainer A. Dressler. Storms in Space by John Freeman. Major Impacts and Plate Tectonics: A Model for the Phanerozoic Evolution of the Earth's Lithosphere by Neville J. Price. Meteorite Hunter: The Search For Siberian Meteorite Craters by Roy A. Gallant.     

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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.