The Meteorites (Hardback)
Encounters with Outer Space and Deep Time
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How celestial bodies impact life on earth - from the acclaimed author of Notes from Deep Time
'The Meteorites conjures a small epiphany about our own place in the universe' The Sunday Times
'Stunning and riveting' Noreen Masud, author of A Flat Place
'Absolutely fascinating' Mark Haddon
'Dazzling' Financial Times
From your window you can see the stars and distant planets: light years away, it's easy to think that our existences and theirs will never intersect. Yet meteorites - mysterious, irregular rocks of sometimes immense value - connect us with the vastness of the universe. They may have brought the first life to our planet, and today they still reveal extraordinary scientific insights.
Helen Gordon reveals the fascinating stories of fallen meteorites and the lives they've touched - from collectors to kings, scientists to farmers. She meets amateur astronomers and gem dealers, goes meteorite hunting across rooftops and learns what objects moving through space can tell us about the fragility of life on Earth.
The Meteorites (Ebook)
Encounters with Outer Space and Deep Time
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How celestial bodies impact life on earth - from the acclaimed author of Notes from Deep Time
'The Meteorites conjures a small epiphany about our own place in the universe' The Sunday Times
'Stunning and riveting' Noreen Masud, author of A Flat Place
'Absolutely fascinating' Mark Haddon
'Dazzling' Financial Times
From your window you can see the stars and distant planets: light years away, it's easy to think that our existences and theirs will never intersect. Yet meteorites - mysterious, irregular rocks of sometimes immense value - connect us with the vastness of the universe. They may have brought the first life to our planet, and today they still reveal extraordinary scientific insights.
Helen Gordon reveals the fascinating stories of fallen meteorites and the lives they've touched - from collectors to kings, scientists to farmers. She meets amateur astronomers and gem dealers, goes meteorite hunting across rooftops and learns what objects moving through space can tell us about the fragility of life on Earth.
The Meteorites (Paperback)
Encounters with Outer Space and Deep Time
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How celestial bodies impact life on earth - from the acclaimed author of Notes from Deep Time
'The Meteorites conjures a small epiphany about our own place in the universe' The Sunday Times
'Dazzling' Financial Times
From your window you can see the stars and distant planets: light years away, it's easy to think that our existences and theirs will never intersect. Yet meteorites - mysterious, irregular rocks of sometimes immense value - connect us with the vastness of the universe. They may have brought the first life to our planet, and today they still reveal extraordinary scientific insights.
Helen Gordon reveals the fascinating stories of fallen meteorites and the lives they've touched - from collectors to kings, scientists to farmers. She meets amateur astronomers and gem dealers, goes meteorite hunting across rooftops and learns what objects moving through space can tell us about the fragility of life on Earth.
Reviews for The Meteorites
The Sunday Times
Observer
Natalie Whittle Financial Times
BBC Sky at Night
Nature
Country Life
Noreen Masud, author A Flat Place
Travis Elborough, author Atlas of Unexpected Places
Helen Gordon's ruminations on finds and falls, scientists and amateurs, craters and even the
superannuated satellites that, increasingly, descend from the sky, show how meteorites help us to
understand our place in the universe. But the real strength of her book is the compelling case that
meteorites illuminate something else entirely, the human spirit
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TLS
Country Life
Simon Ings Daily Telegraph
FT
Max Porter
Mail on Sunday
Helen Gordon
Helen Gordon is a writer and natural historian. Her books include Being a Writer and the
acclaimed Notes from Deep Time, as well as a novel, Landfall. She has written for 1843 magazine, the Guardian and Wired, edited for Granta, and teaches Creative Writing at the University of Hertfordshire.