[meteorite-list] New Meteorite/Norton book on the way!

From: mexicodoug at aim.com <mexicodoug_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:18:32 -0400
Message-ID: <8CA78236BC200D7-A54-16D0_at_webmail-md11.sysops.aol.com>

Hey Pete,

$40 bucks plus tax & shipping?

This is the link you want:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1848001568

In the USA, with the automatic 5% pre-order discount for the next few
weeks, it will come out to $25 including tax, S&H

Best wishes
Doug


-----Original Message-----
From: Pete Pete <rsvp321 at hotmail.com>
To: meteoritelist meteoritelist <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:57 am
Subject: [meteorite-list] New Meteorite/Norton book on the way!




Apologies if this was posted previously...

http://www.springer.com/astronomy/book/978-1-84800-156-5
http://www.springer.com/astronomy/book/978-1-84800-156-5



Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites
Series: Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series
Norton, O. Richard, Chitwood, Lawrence

2008, XVI, 288 p. 100 illus. in color., Softcover

ISBN: 978-1-84800-156-5



Not yet published. Available: June 9, 2008
$39.95

About this book |Table of contents|Sample pages
About this book
Covers the techniques of observing meteors, with many useful hints and
tips for
amateur astronomers
Also deals with how and where to find meteorites, how to prepare them
as
specimens for display or analysis
In one book, everything the amateur astronomer (or geologist!) needs to
know
about meteors and meteorites
Fully illustrated with many colour photographs and expertly drawn
diagrams
Imagine the unique experience of being the very first person to hold a
newly-found meteorite in your hand ? a rock from space, older than
Earth!


"Weekend meteorite hunting" with magnets and metal detectors is
becoming ever
more popular as a pastime, but of course you can?t just walk around and
pick up
meteorites in the same way that you can pick up seashells on the beach.
Those
fragments that survived the intense heat of re-entry tend to disguise
themselves
as natural rocks over time, and it takes a trained eye ? along with the
information in this book ? to recognize them.


Just as amateur astronomers are familiar with the telescopes and
accessories
needed to study a celestial object, amateur meteoriticists have to use
equipment
ranging from simple hand lenses to microscopes to study a specimen, to
identify
its type and origins.


Equipment and techniques are covered in detail here of course, along
with a
complete and fully illustrated guide to what you might find and where
you might
find it. In fact, the Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites contains
pretty much
everything an amateur astronomer ? or geologist ? needs to know about
meteors
and meteorites.

Written for:
Amateur and practical astronomers, meteorite collectors

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