If you’re looking for depth, rather


than a broad history of the science of meteorites, this is the book for you.


Shiga D: New Scientist no. 2719 (August 1, 2009): 46.


Although generally scientifically sound, the book contains a few key science gaffes.


Cokinos guides the reader along The Fallen Sky: An Intimate


History of Shooting Stars Christopher Cokinos


Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin Group 375 Hudson Street


New York, New York 10014 USA 2009. 528 pages. US $27.95 ISBN 978-1-585-42720-8


This book chronicles the role meteorites have played in history and profiles some key meteorite hunters. In a highly personal journey, the author takes readers from Antarctica to outer space to describe how the study of meteorites became a modern science.


Contents:


• Prologue: Dust: A Brief Memoir of Overlooked Things


• Book I: Distances Measured in Various Units; The First Asteroid; Ellis Hughes’s 15-Ton Caper; Tomanowos


• Book II: What Breaks Out Entire: The Eliza Kimberly Story


• Book III: Higher Latitudes: In Search of Peary’s Meteorites; Please Bring Your Wu Wei to the Upright and Locked Position; Thule and the Barb; The Isthmus and Meteorite Island


• Book IV: The Weather of Belief • Book V: Mr. Barringer’s Big Idea


• Book VI: Harvey Nininger Sees the Light; Epiphany on Euclid Street; Never Done; Strongly Spent


• Book VII: A Serious Case of the I Wants: Passions of the Dealers


• Book VIII: Church of the Sky


• Book IX: Life Work: The Biology of Meteorites; The Resurrection of Acraman; Old Stones That Can Be Deciphered


• Book X: Old Fire on Blue Ice: An Antarctic Journey; Above the Clouds, Halfway Down; I Crap Through Disco Night at the South Pole; Bedlam; Massif: An Unmaking; Afterword


• Glossary, Notes, Index


Global Tectonics, Third Edition Philip Kearey, Keith A. Kiepels and Frederick J. Vine Wiley-Blackwell 111 River Street


Hoboken, New Jersey 07030 USA 2009. 496 pages. US $89.95 ISBN 978-1-4501-07770-8


This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the field of global tectonics. Because there have been many new developments since the last edition was published in 1996, the majority of the text and figures in this edition are new.


Contents:


• Historical Perspective • The Interior of the Earth • Continental Drift


• Sea Floor Spreading and Transform Faults • The Framework of Plate Tectonics • Ocean Ridges


• Continental Rifts and Rifted Margins


• Continental Transforms and Strike- Slip Faults


• Subduction Zones • Orogenic Belts


• Precambrian Tectonics and the Supercontinent Cycle


A Sixth Sense: The Life and Science of Henri-Georges Doll: Oilfield Pioneer and Inventor Michael Oristaglio and Alexander Dorozynski Overlook/Duckworth 141 Wooster Street


New York, New York 10012 USA 2009. 336 pages. US $35.00 ISBN 978-1-59020-174-9


This biography of inventor and researcher Henri-Georges Doll demon- strates his impact on what is known today about remote sensing and oil exploration. One of the most prolific inventors of the 20th century, Doll was a


his search for the driving force behind the passions of meteorite scientists, collectors, and dealers that make the meteoritic community such a vibrant and contentious bunch. It is a journey well worth taking.


Lauretta DS: “The Passions of Meteorite Seekers,” Science 326, no. 5952 (October 23, 2009): 524–525.


• The Mechanism of Plate Tectonics • Implications of Plate Tectonics • Review Questions, References, Index


Numerous black-and-white and


colored maps, diagrams, sections, and charts beautifully augment a concise text. A massive list of mostly critical references cites the most important works the world over. Global Tectonics, which provides a clear understanding of the core element of the Earth’s dynamic system, should be on the shelf of all earth system scientists and engineers. . . . Essential.


Grose TLT: Choice 47, no. 3 (November 2009): 531.


The result is a comprehensive compendium providing an accessible, thorough and up-to-date text covering the broad field of geophysical and geological sciences. Aimed primarily at geoscientists with some basic understanding of tectonics, the book is written for readers who wish to gain a relatively quick and yet thorough insight into the various topics covered.


Global Tectonics will find its place in all well equipped libraries and a personal copy will be of use for any geoscientist who needs a comprehen- sive overview.


Lange D: Surveys in Geophysics 30, no. 6 (September 2009): 617−618.


pioneer in the technology of “seeing underground” using electrical current, radio waves and sound, which enabled the explosive growth of world oil pro- duction. He was also involved in military and medical research.


Contents:


• Introduction—An Average Polytechnicien


• Why Measure the Earth’s Resistivity? • The Age of Oil • From Core to Log


• U.S.A.—No Oil for the “Frogs” • Between Two Wars • A Battery at Seminole • In the Soviet Union • Back in the U.S.A. • Dangerous Ground • Paris in Texas • Under Occupation • Losing a Battle • Mine Detectors • From War to Peace


• Paris, Houston, New York, or Ridgefield? • Head Hunter • The Full Suit


• From the Earth to the Moon


• Schlumberger Without the Schlumbergers • Epilogs • On Wall Street • Patrons of the Arts • Blood, After Oil • Epilogue, Bibliography, Index


This book is interesting for its his- tory of early oil exploration, but fasci- nating for its tale of a brilliant engineer and inventor who was simultaneously embraced and held at a distance by a powerful family who needed his exper- tise. A good read! . . . Recommended.


Wood CG: Choice 47, no. 3 (November 2009): 535.


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