THE FIRE CAME BY: The Riddle of the Great Siberian…

THE FIRE CAME BY: The Riddle of the Great Siberian Explosion.

Edition: First printing.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, (1976) dj. Hardcover first edition - 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. ISBN: 0-38511396X.

Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (minor edgewear to dj)

Book ID: 78878
Keywords: Science and Space
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