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Cosmic Collisions

Cosmic Collisions

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Publisher's Synopsis

Cosmic collisions have forever shaped the planets in our solar system. These are still happening, as we saw in July 1944 when a large comet was observed to hit Jupiter. A cosmic collision may have wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. What would happen if a similar collision occurred today? Scientists have just begun to track asteroids and comets to try to predict if such a collision is likely to happen.;This book looks at how often the Earth experiences a cosmic collision, how scientists can predict these collisions, how likely a collision is in the near future and how we can defend ourselves.

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Allen & Unwin

Allen & Unwin is Australia's leading independent publisher and has been voted "Publisher of the Year" twelve times including the inaugural award in 1992 and ten times since 2000. We publish around 250 new titles each year including literary and commercial fiction, a broad range of general non fiction, academic and professional titles and books for children and young adults. Our imprints include Allen & Unwin, Arena, Crows Nest and Inspired Living (MBS).

Book information

ISBN: 9781864482058
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
DEWEY: 551.397
Language: English
Number of pages: 128
Height: 208mm
Width: 140mm