Impact: Asteroids and the Science of Saving the World

by Elizabeth Rusch

Book Overview

In this this thrilling entry into the Scientists in the Field series, follow scientists as they search for dangerous asteroids in space, study asteroids that have crashed into the ground, and strive to prevent an asteroid strike if one ever threatens our planet.

Asteroids bombard our atmosphere all the time. Some are harmless, burning up in a flash of light. But others explode with a great sonic boom, smashing windows and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0544671597
• ISBN13: 9780544671591
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 11.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7