The Fallen Sky: an Intimate History of Shooting Stars

by Christopher Cokinos

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In this acclaimed volume, prizewinning poet and nature writer Christopher Cokinos takes us on an epic journey from Antarctica to outer space, weaving together natural history, memoir, and in-depth profiles of amateur researchers, rogue scientists, and stargazing dreamers to tell the riveting tale of how the study of meteorites became a modern science.
  • ISBN10 1585427209
  • ISBN13 9781585427208
  • Publish Date 1 August 2009 (first published 1 July 2009)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 5 February 2015
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
  • Imprint Jeremy P Tarcher
  • Pages 517
  • Language English