'The Meteorites conjures a small epiphany about our own place in the universe' The Sunday Times
'Dazzling ' Financial Times A Scientific American Book of the Year 2025 From your window
you can see the stars and distant planets: light years away it's easy to think that our
existences and theirs will never intersect. Yet meteorites - mysterious irregular rocks of
sometimes immense value - connect us with the vastness of the universe. They may have brought
the first life to our planet and today they still reveal extraordinary scientific insights.
Helen Gordon reveals the fascinating stories of fallen meteorites and the lives they've touched
- from collectors to kings scientists to farmers. She meets amateur astronomers and gem
dealers goes meteorite hunting across rooftops and learns what objects moving through space
can tell us about the fragility of life on Earth.
