The Meteorites : Encounters with Outer Space and Deep Time

Author: Gordon, Helen

The Earth: natural history general

Published on 6 February 2025 by Profile Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 288 pages
240 x 162 x 29 | 486g

The Meteorites conjures a small epiphany about our own place in the universe The Sunday TimesStunning and riveting Noreen Masud, author of A Flat PlaceDazzling Financial TimesFrom your window you can see the stars and distant planets: light years away, its 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 theyve 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.