Killer Asteroids : the Truth About Cosmic Collisions and What Lies Ahead
- List Price: $24.95
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
- Publish date: 12/01/1999
Description:
Based on the latest scientific research on cosmic collisions, two highly respected scientists dig through the myths and fables surrounding asteroids, meteorites, and comets to give a fascinating account of the truth about cosmic collisions.Featuring photos from the Hubble telescope of potential "killer" asteroids. Sumners and Allen provide a bone-chilling review of the history of these phenomena from Halley's to Hale-Boop to Asteroid 1997 XF11. Readers will get the latest thinking on what really happened in Siberia's Tunguska forest and what killed the dinosaurs, as well as prediction about doomsday astronomical events to come.
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