Meteorites. Cosmic Treasures
National Museum of Natural History| N° d'inventaire | 32533 |
| Format | 13x19 cm. |
| Détails | 88 p., Paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2025. |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782382790373 |
The Museum's meteorite collection is one of the richest in the world. Discover it through a selection of stunning specimens and documents!
They travel for tens of millions of years within the Solar System before crashing into the Earth's atmosphere in a burst of light... Meteorites have never ceased to fascinate, frighten and inspire us, probably since the dawn of time.
In turn omens, divine wonders or manifestations of the demon, before becoming objects of science, these veritable cosmic treasures were also used to make tools, weapons and jewelry.
The first observed European fall of which a sample has been preserved dates from the 15th century. century, but it would take nearly three hundred years for the extraterrestrial origin of the stones falling from the sky to be accepted. Today, their study allows us to better understand the origins of our Solar System...
The National Museum of Natural History is a key global player in the study of meteorites. This "Cabinet of Curiosities" invites visitors to discover the finest specimens from its renowned collection and learn about their fascinating history, as closely as possible to contemporary research.
A natural story told by Matthieu Gounelle , professor at the Museum, responsible for the conservation of the meteorite collection and head of the cosmochemistry team at the Institute of Mineralogy , Materials Physics and Cosmochemistry (IMPMC).
The Museum's meteorite collection is one of the richest in the world. Discover it through a selection of stunning specimens and documents!
They travel for tens of millions of years within the Solar System before crashing into the Earth's atmosphere in a burst of light... Meteorites have never ceased to fascinate, frighten and inspire us, probably since the dawn of time.
In turn omens, divine wonders or manifestations of the demon, before becoming objects of science, these veritable cosmic treasures were also used to make tools, weapons and jewelry.
The first observed European fall of which a sample has been preserved dates from the 15th century. century, but it would take nearly three hundred years for the extraterrestrial origin of the stones falling from the sky to be accepted. Today, their study allows us to better understand the origins of our Solar System...
The National Museum of Natural History is a key global player in the study of meteorites. This "Cabinet of Curiosities" invites visitors to discover the finest specimens from its renowned collection and learn about their fascinating history, as closely as possible to contemporary research.
A natural story told by Matthieu Gounelle , professor at the Museum, responsible for the conservation of the meteorite collection and head of the cosmochemistry team at the Institute of Mineralogy , Materials Physics and Cosmochemistry (IMPMC).