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Action and adventure television programs. bibliography Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Science fiction television programs. Science television programs. Television series. Thrillers (Television programs) Video recordings for the hearing impaired. videorecordingDillow, Gordon L.
Summary: "Combining history, popular science, and in-depth reporting, here is a fascinating account of asteroids and other space objects that hit Earth long ago and those streaming toward us even now--as well as a look at the preparations humanity is making against asteroid-caused catastrophe. Journalist Gordon L. Dillow examines what a small but dedicated group of astronomers have long known--that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 523.44 DILSummary: "The story centres on Liam Cole, an MIT grad student, and Darius Tanz, a tech superstar, who bring Pentagon official Grace Barrows a staggering discovery - that an asteroid is just six months away from colliding with Earth"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SALRusch, Elizabeth
Summary: "Asteroids come in all shapes and sizes--and hit our planet in them, too. But what happens if a catastrophically large one approaches earth? By looking on the ground at historical asteroid craters and present-day falls, and up into space for the big onesyet to come, a wide variety of scientists are trying to figure out how to track asteroids--and how to avoid devastating impacts in the future."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.3 RUSSummary: How did the Earth transform from a hot ball of molten rock and metal into the planet that we call home? How did our continents and oceans grow? Where did our great mountain ranges come from? The geological processes that have shaped our world have also influenced the way humans have populated the planet. From the Great Lakes to Iceland, the San Andreas Fault to Krakatoa, this series reveals the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arts and Entertainment Network 2009
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HOWSummary: When MIT grad student Liam Cole discovers an asteroid is set to collide with Earth in 186 days, he joins forces with tech billionaire Darius Tanz and the U.S. government to try and stop it, and together they stumble onto the greatest conspiracy never told.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SALMan, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.6 MANSummary: The revealing documentary of Earth explores the planet's most epic moments. From the first raindrops that turned it into a water world to the arrival of its most incredible inhabitants, us. But humans take a back seat in this narrative. Instead, Earth is placed center stage. We see what happened to our world before we even crawled from the mud, including massive bombardments from space, extreme...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV EARGrego, Peter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blandford 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.51 GRECoyle, Harold
Summary: A powerful doomsday weapon originally designed by the Soviets falls into the hands of nationalist fanatic General Likatchev, who threatens to unleash a global holocaust in order to topple the current Russian regime.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COYReichs, Brendan
Summary: As the Anvil, an enormous asteroid, threatens to end all life on Earth, sixteen-year-old Min begins to uncover a lifetime of lies, a sinister conspiracy involving all students in her sophomore class in Fire Lake, Idaho.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC REIWinters, Ben H
Summary: Having lost his job in the wake of an imminent asteroid collision, Detective Hank Palace agrees to help a woman from his past find her missing husband in a world that is rapidly descending into apocalyptic chaos.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WINWinters, Ben H.
Summary: "With the doomsday asteroid looming, Detective Hank Palace has found sanctuary in the woods of New England, secure in a well-stocked safe house with other onetime members of the Concord police force. But with time ticking away before the asteroid makes landfall, Hank's safety is only relative, and his only relative--his sister Nico--isn't safe. Soon, it's clear that there's more than one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WINAndrews, Robin George
Summary: There are approximately 25,000 "city killer" asteroids in near-Earth orbit--and most are yet to be found. Small enough to evade detection, they are capable of large-scale destruction, and represent our greatest cosmic threat. But in September 2022, against all odds, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission deliberately crashed a spacecraft into a carefully selected city killer,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2024