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
[Illustration: Painting of the Ussuri fireball by the Iman artist,
P. I. Medvedev.]