Micrometeorites and the Mysteries of Our Origins
by Michel Maurette
Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics
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This book relates an attempt to decrypt the still-obscure first billion years of history of the young Earth, during a cataclysmic period during which our planet was heavily bombarded by bodies ranging in size from that of Mars to 0.1 mm sized tiny micrometeorites. It was thus found that micrometeorites played an essential role in the formation of the post-lunar atmosphere. They also provided a surprisingly large diversity of reactions in the organic prebiotic chemistry required for the birth show more of life on our blue planet. The author presents a wide-ranging review of the type of knowledge required to decrypt this history, which provides extensive background information from astronomy, planetary dynamics, planetology, astrobiology and earth sciences. This book will appeal to both the scientist and the general reader. It will be a source of material for lectures, and possibly new investigations, in these fields. show lessTags
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- Micrometeorites and the Mysteries of Our Origins
- Original title
- Micrometeorites and the Mysteries of Our Origins
- Original publication date
- 2006
- Important places
- Solar System; Earth
- Epigraph
- The most difficult thing when you are right is to prove that you are not wrong.
Pierre Dac
French humorist
1893–1975 - First words
- Besides the Sun, which represents about 99.85% of its mass, the present day solar system include large bodies, i.e., the four terrestrial planets, the four giant planets, and Pluto, which is probably not a planet, but rath... (show all)er an object from the Edgeworth–Kuiper belt of comets captured by Neptune; more than 130 satellites of the planets.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Therefore, as French cannot master the subtleties of the elegant English language spoken at the University of Cambridge, we might be far away from the original thought of Rees, and therefore back to full chaos again, just eleven words away . . . from the real end of this book.
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- English
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