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The Fire Came By: The Riddle of the Great Siberian Explosionby John BaxterPublisher: Doubleday, 1976ISBN is 9780385113960 / 038511396XHardcover5.75 x 8.5 inches, 165 pagesOne of the great accidents of nature occurred in Siberia in 1908 when a fireball appeared over the horizon and slammed into a remote forest area of Siberia, creating shock waves which were felt half a world away.The Fire Came By goes into great depth and explores not only what Russian scientists have to say about the affair today, but also enlightened opinions from scientists worldwide, as well as on-the-scene reports and interviews. The book makes the fantastic comprehensible and gives the event a threatening immediacy.
THE FIRE CAME BY: The Riddle of the Great Siberian Explosion. by Baxter, John and Thomas Atkins; Introduction by Isaac Asimov - (1976)
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Garden City, NY:: Doubleday,, (1976). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (minor edgewear to dj) . First printing. An account of an investigation into the most powerful unexplained explosion mankind has known. In the morning of June 30, 1908, a "cylindrical object blazed across central Siberia and the desolate Central Plateau shuddered under the impact of a cataclysmic explosion. The initial shock was followed by primary and secondary shock waves, a hideous firestorm and a black rain that contaminated hundreds of miles." Introduction by Isaac Asimov. Photographs. Bibliography. 165 pp. Map endpapers.
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Doubleday, 1976. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair/Good. Introduction by Isaac Asimov. Smaller, sturdy book, blue spine, cream boards badly stained especially on front, blue and white map of the Soviet Union showing site of Siberian explosion inside covers and adjacent end papers, 165 pages including six glossy photo sections and maps. DJ glossy with object approaching earth on dark night on front and spine, white back very slightly browned. DJ light wear to spine bottom edge. Good DJ/Fair book.
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