{"product_id":"b07qch7l1r","title":"On the Trail of Stardust: The Guide to Finding Micrometeorites: Tools, Techniques, and Identification","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the Trail of Stardust  puts the heavens in your hands—in the form of cosmic dust, or micrometeorites. With this handy guide from the author of the international bestseller  In Search of Stardust , Jon Larsen, you will learn how to find micrometeorites in your own neighborhood!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStardust—also known as micrometeorites—is the oldest matter anywhere. Nothing has traveled farther to reach Earth. For a century, scientists have searched everywhere for stardust, but only found it in remote areas like Antarctica and, more recently, outer space. Author and citizen scientist extraordinaire Jon Larsen was the first to find them in populated areas. With this book, you too can  discover stardust as near as your own rooftop !\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing his successful debut,  In Search of Stardust , Larsen turns his attention from explaining the formation and various kinds of stardust to revealing his methods and techniques for finding micrometeorites in a compact, durable guide. Larsen covers everything from the  origins and formation of micrometeorites  to assembling the  simple array of gear needed  to get out there and find stardust in your own neighborhood, rooftop, or rain gutters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLarsen explains the  best places to look  and offers  step-by-step photo sequences  of the techniques he has developed to assemble his collection of 1,500-plus verified micrometeorites (and counting). And you don’t need a multi-million-dollar scanning electron microscope to document your collection; Jon shows how to assemble a serviceable photo setup from easily accessible equipment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is capped off with a field guide of sorts that offers a  taxonomy of the various types of micrometeorites , along with sample images, as well as the kinds of man-made and terrestrial spherules that stardust hunters are likely to encounter and  how to identify  them as  imposters .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOnce thought to exist only at the bottoms of oceans and atop polar ice, it turns out that stardust is everywhere…and  On the Trail of Stardust  is your indispensable tool to finding it for yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54223575482731,"sku":"YSL24394","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/1674\/0203\/files\/91_7mL-Jh3L._SY1500.jpg?v=1792816641","url":"https:\/\/www.booktavero.com\/products\/b07qch7l1r","provider":"BookTavero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}