While visiting the American Museum in New York I purchased a new book on meteorites - METEORITES: A Journey Through Space and Time, By Alex Bevan and John De Laeter, Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002, ISBN 1-58834-021-X. While in Tucson for THE SHOW I let several friends look through the book, and nobody had been aware it existed. Martin Horejsi wrote a review in the February 2003 issue of METEORITE magazine, and I couldn't agree more with his praise. The authors state: "This book is written for people who are not scientists." Keeping that in mind, the authors strive diligently to avoid complex and lengthy definitions, but the extraordinary color diagrams and photographs will soon have the non-scientist understanding meteorites as never before. As Horejsi writes, "Simply put, it is a pleasure to let your eyes glide over the articulate and often poetic words portraying the life of meteorite science through stories, history, and even the forensic chemistry that excavates the subatomic past lives from these reclusive cosmic stones."
I've not checked with any local book stores on its availability, but this beautiful book belongs in your library. Larry Johnson ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
