TABLE OF CONTENTS
[ PREFACE] 5 [1. A METEORITE FALLS IN THE TAIGA, U.S.S.R.] 11 [2. A METEORITE FALLS IN THE WHEATLAND, U.S.A.] 23 [3. FOUND AND LOST GIANTS] 36 [4. WHEN IS A CRATER A METEORITE CRATER?] 42 [5. HEAVEN KNOWS WHERE OR WHEN] 66 [6. FINDERS FOOLISH, FINDERS WISE] 75 [7. LANDMARKS, SKYMARKS, & DETECTORS] 84 [8. THE NATURE OF METEORS] 101 [9. THE NATURE OF METEORITES] 118 [10. TEKTITES, IMPACTITES, & “FOSSIL” METEORITES] 134 [11. OMENS AND FANTASIES] 147 [12. THE MODERN VIEW] 158 [13. PRESENT AND FUTURE APPLICATIONS] 166 [ FOR FURTHER READING] 177 [ INDEX] 181
SPACE NOMADS
METEORITES IN SKY, FIELD, & LABORATORY
Painting of the Ussuri fireball by the Iman artist, P. I. Medvedev.