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Asteroid Hunters
Carrie Nugent
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Description for Asteroid Hunters
Hardback. Dr Carrie Nugent is obsessed with hunting asteroids. For the first time, we could have the knowlege to prevent a natural disaster epic in scale: an asteroid hitting Earth. Series: Ted 2. Num Pages: 128 pages, 4 colour throughout. Dimension: 135 x 186 x 14. Weight in Grams: 204.
Dr Carrie Nugent is an asteroid hunter - one of the select group of scientists working diligently to map our cosmic neighbourhood. For the first time ever we are reaching the point where we may be able to prevent a natural disaster resulting from an asteroid collision. Nugent will delve into the impact asteroids have had in the past: the extinction of the dinosaurs, the earth-sized hole Shoemaker-Levy 9 left in Jupiter just a few years ago, how the surprise hit on Chelyabinsk in Russia could have started a war and unlucky Ms Anne Hodges - the only person (that ... Read more
Dr Carrie Nugent is an asteroid hunter - one of the select group of scientists working diligently to map our cosmic neighbourhood. For the first time ever we are reaching the point where we may be able to prevent a natural disaster resulting from an asteroid collision. Nugent will delve into the impact asteroids have had in the past: the extinction of the dinosaurs, the earth-sized hole Shoemaker-Levy 9 left in Jupiter just a few years ago, how the surprise hit on Chelyabinsk in Russia could have started a war and unlucky Ms Anne Hodges - the only person (that ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Ted 2
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781471162398
SKU
V9781471162398
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-45
About Carrie Nugent
Dr. Carrie Nugent is a scientist that works on discovering and finding asteroids. She works on NASA’s NEOWISE mission, which uses a space-based infrared telescope to discover, track, and characterize asteroids. She is a 2016 TED fellow, and hosts and produces Spacepod, a podcast about space exploration. She even has an asteroid named after her: 8801 Nugent. Asteroid Hunters is ... Read more
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