The Resource The rock from Mars : a detective story on two planets, Kathy Sawyer
The rock from Mars : a detective story on two planets, Kathy Sawyer
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The item The rock from Mars : a detective story on two planets, Kathy Sawyer represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library.
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- Summary
- Sixteen million years ago, an asteroid crashing into Mars sent fragments flying into space and, eons later, one was pulled by the Earth's gravity onto the icy wilderness of Antarctica, where a geologist spotted it. In its new home at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, the rock languished on a shelf for nine years. Then, in 1993, a geochemist unmasked the rock as a Martian meteorite. Before long, possible signs of once-living organisms were detected, and the obscure rock became a rock star. From the second the story broke in Science magazine, it spawned waves of excitement, envy, competitive zeal, and calculation. The narrative traces the steps that led to this risky move and follows the rippling impact on the scientists' lives, the future of space exploration, the search for life on Mars, and the struggle to understand the origins of life on Earth.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xii, 394 p., [16] p. of plates
- Contents
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- Score
- Moon dust
- Odd ducks
- E.T.s handshake
- The convert
- Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy
- The grand inquisitor
- "Klaatu Barada Nikto"
- In the beam
- Schopf shock
- Explorations
- At daggers drawn
- Bingo
- Schadenfreude
- Down the rabbit hole
- Isbn
- 9781400060108
- Label
- The rock from Mars : a detective story on two planets
- Title
- The rock from Mars
- Title remainder
- a detective story on two planets
- Statement of responsibility
- Kathy Sawyer
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Sixteen million years ago, an asteroid crashing into Mars sent fragments flying into space and, eons later, one was pulled by the Earth's gravity onto the icy wilderness of Antarctica, where a geologist spotted it. In its new home at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, the rock languished on a shelf for nine years. Then, in 1993, a geochemist unmasked the rock as a Martian meteorite. Before long, possible signs of once-living organisms were detected, and the obscure rock became a rock star. From the second the story broke in Science magazine, it spawned waves of excitement, envy, competitive zeal, and calculation. The narrative traces the steps that led to this risky move and follows the rippling impact on the scientists' lives, the future of space exploration, the search for life on Mars, and the struggle to understand the origins of life on Earth.--From publisher description
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sawyer, Kathy
- Dewey number
- 576.8/39
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QB54
- LC item number
- .S263 2006
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Life on other planets
- Meteorites
- Mars probes
- Mars (Planet)
- Label
- The rock from Mars : a detective story on two planets, Kathy Sawyer
- Bar code
- 31223071373089
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-375) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Score -- Moon dust -- Odd ducks -- E.T.s handshake -- The convert -- Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy -- The grand inquisitor -- "Klaatu Barada Nikto" -- In the beam -- Schopf shock -- Explorations -- At daggers drawn -- Bingo -- Schadenfreude -- Down the rabbit hole
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xii, 394 p., [16] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9781400060108
- Lccn
- 2005046560
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9781400060108
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- 58789284
- Label
- The rock from Mars : a detective story on two planets, Kathy Sawyer
- Bar code
- 31223071373089
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-375) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Score -- Moon dust -- Odd ducks -- E.T.s handshake -- The convert -- Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy -- The grand inquisitor -- "Klaatu Barada Nikto" -- In the beam -- Schopf shock -- Explorations -- At daggers drawn -- Bingo -- Schadenfreude -- Down the rabbit hole
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xii, 394 p., [16] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9781400060108
- Lccn
- 2005046560
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9781400060108
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- 58789284
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