2/4: Impact: How Rocks from Space Led to Life, Culture, and Donkey Kong Hardcover – by Greg Brennecka (Author)
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🗓️ 29 December 2022
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2/4: Impact: How Rocks from Space Led to Life, Culture, and Donkey Kong Hardcover – by Greg Brennecka (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/Impact-Rocks-Space-Culture-Donkey/dp/0063078929/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Impact argues that Earth would be a lifeless, inhospitable piece of rock without being fortuitously assaulted with meteorites throughout the history of the planet. These bombardments transformed Earth’s early atmosphere and delivered the complex organic molecules that allowed life to develop on our planet. While meteorites have provided the raw materials for life to thrive, they have radically devastated life as well, most famously killing off the dinosaurs and paving the way for humans to evolve to where we are today.
As noted meteoriticist Greg Brennecka explains, meteorites did not just set us on the path to becoming human, they helped direct the development of human culture. Meteorites have influenced humanity since the start of civilization. Over the centuries, meteorite falls and other cosmic cinema have started (and stopped) wars, terrified millions, and inspired religions throughout the world.
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| 0:38.0 | Cosmo Chemist, a staff scientist at Lawrence Livermore Labs |
| 0:43.0 | and the author of Impact, a new book about asteroids and things that fall to worth. |
| 0:47.0 | But, reasoning backwards, like a detective. |
| 0:50.0 | No, as a detective, Greg is going to take us to the asteroid bell |
| 0:55.0 | and what the asteroid bell and other objects in our solar system |
| 1:00.0 | called planets, not all of them are planets, but it's important to mention |
| 1:03.0 | that the building blocks of planets are everywhere. |
| 1:06.0 | What they tell us about the formation of our solar system. |
| 1:09.0 | So far, Greg, my understanding is the planets have moved. |
| 1:13.0 | Why is the asteroid belt where it is after Mars? |
| 1:17.0 | What is it represent? |
| 1:19.0 | That's a great question. And you're right. |
| 1:21.0 | The planets have moved over the course of history of the solar system. |
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