Helen Gordon

Look out your window and see the moon, stars and distant planets. Light years away, it's easy to think that our lives and their existences will never intersect. Yet meteorites—tiny, irregular rocks of sometimes immense value—connect us with the vastness of the universe. They may have brought the first life to our planet, and today they still reveal extraordinary scientific...

'Astounding ... To call this a "history" does not do justice to Helen Gordon's ambition' - Simon Ings, Daily Telegraph The story of the Earth is written into our landscape: it's there in the curves of hills, the colours of stone, surprising eruptions of vegetation. Wanting a fresh perspective on her own life, the writer Helen Gordon set out to...

'The Meteorites conjures a small epiphany about our own place in the universe' - The Sunday Times 'Dazzling' - Financial Times Look out your window and see the moon, stars and distant planets. Light years away, it's easy to think that our lives and their existences will never intersect. Yet meteorites -tiny, irregular rocks of sometimes immense value - connect...