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Book Revtews
The Search for our Beginning, Robert Hutchison, Oxford University Press, 164 pp., U.S. $16.95.
1983.
BOOK is about meteorites and the messages they carry concerning the origin of the solar system and its component parts, It is presented by the author as an explanation for laypersons about the nature of meteorite research. It is also an introduction to our knowledge about the inner planets. the stars and the origins of the Earth and life. Hence its title. The presentation is well-balanced and the price is right to recommend it as an introduction to meteot-itics for scientists from other disciplines who are developing an interest in meteorites. It will provide them with an ugtodate overview of the subject. For the expert in one of the meteoritic sub-disciplines it is a useful review and reminder of the big picture. Hutch&n has a good sense of the history of meteoritics. including in the text, for example, Harrison Brown’s suggestion that Xenon-129 should be looked for at a time when the physical measurement could not yet be made. The review of Claire Patterson’s first age determination of meTHIS
teorites and the Earth places Patterson at the Universtty of California. rather than at the University of Chicago or Caltech. but this is one of the few slips I noted. The statement that the iron sulfide mineral troihte does not occur on Earth has me in a quandary because I think I have a sample from Del Norte County. California (a locality mentioned in Dana’s Te.uhook qf Mineralogy). Since the book is written for a general audience it is not fully referenced and it will require some effort to run down the origin of statements of particular interest. This might best be done by writing to the author at the British Museum (Natural History), or by using one of the more specific reference books on meteorites listed at the end of the index. The book is good and recommended to all. When you finish it you will know quite a bit about meteorites and still be searching for our beginning. Deparrmenr of Geo1og.1 Ari:ona Slale Universir,t Tempe. AZ 85281. LI.S..1
Carleton B. Moore
ANNOUNCEMENT NATO ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE on CHEMICAL TRANSPORT IN METASOMATIC
PROCESSES
To be held June 3-16, 1985, in Attica and the Cyclades, Greece. Participation is limited to 95 scientists. Applications should be sent to: Harold C. Helgeson, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Book Revtews
The Search for our Beginning, Robert Hutchison, Oxford University Press, 164 pp., U.S. $16.95.
1983.
BOOK is about meteorites and the messages they carry concerning the origin of the solar system and its component parts, It is presented by the author as an explanation for laypersons about the nature of meteorite research. It is also an introduction to our knowledge about the inner planets. the stars and the origins of the Earth and life. Hence its title. The presentation is well-balanced and the price is right to recommend it as an introduction to meteot-itics for scientists from other disciplines who are developing an interest in meteorites. It will provide them with an ugtodate overview of the subject. For the expert in one of the meteoritic sub-disciplines it is a useful review and reminder of the big picture. Hutch&n has a good sense of the history of meteoritics. including in the text, for example, Harrison Brown’s suggestion that Xenon-129 should be looked for at a time when the physical measurement could not yet be made. The review of Claire Patterson’s first age determination of meTHIS
teorites and the Earth places Patterson at the Universtty of California. rather than at the University of Chicago or Caltech. but this is one of the few slips I noted. The statement that the iron sulfide mineral troihte does not occur on Earth has me in a quandary because I think I have a sample from Del Norte County. California (a locality mentioned in Dana’s Te.uhook qf Mineralogy). Since the book is written for a general audience it is not fully referenced and it will require some effort to run down the origin of statements of particular interest. This might best be done by writing to the author at the British Museum (Natural History), or by using one of the more specific reference books on meteorites listed at the end of the index. The book is good and recommended to all. When you finish it you will know quite a bit about meteorites and still be searching for our beginning. Deparrmenr of Geo1og.1 Ari:ona Slale Universir,t Tempe. AZ 85281. LI.S..1
Carleton B. Moore
ANNOUNCEMENT NATO ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE on CHEMICAL TRANSPORT IN METASOMATIC
PROCESSES
To be held June 3-16, 1985, in Attica and the Cyclades, Greece. Participation is limited to 95 scientists. Applications should be sent to: Harold C. Helgeson, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.