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Author Steel, Duncan, 1955-

Title Rogue asteroids and doomsday comets : the search for the million megaton menace that threatens life on Earth / Duncan Steel ; foreword by Arthur C. Clarke.

Publication Info. New York : Wiley, [1995]
©1995

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Location Call No. Status
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  551.39 STE    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  363.34 STEEL    Check Shelf
Description xii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-296) and index.
Contents Fiddling while Rome burns -- The swarm around us -- Catastrophic scenarios -- The world on fire -- Holes in the ground: The evidence for past impacts -- The story of the stones -- Coherent catastrophism -- Stonehenge and the pyramids -- False security: The atmosphere's shield -- Great efforts, great ignorance -- So began project Spaceguard -- Showdown at Los Alamos -- Keeping our fingers crossed -- Epilogue: The crash of '94 -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
Subject Asteroids -- Popular works.
Comets -- Popular works.
Impact -- Popular works.
Extinction (Biology) -- Popular works.
Indexed Term Comets
ISBN 0471308242 alkaline paper
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