The Mystery of the Tunguska Fireball
Traces the explosive 1908 impact in a remote area of the Tunguska forest in Siberia and the numerous theories about its cause, from miniature black holes and extraterrestrial laser beams to an early nuclear experiment. Original.
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At 7.14 a.m. on 30 June 1908, a huge fireball exploded in the Siberian sky. A thousand times the force of the Hiroshima bomb, it flattened an area of remote. Tunguska forest bigger than Greater London, forming a mushroom cloud that almost reached into space.Surendra Verma tells the incredible story of the fireball and of the scientists and charlatans alike who have been seduced by it. He takes an exhilarating ride around one of science's greatest mysteries - and ends by pointing a finger at a prime suspect.
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