The Meteorites

Encounters with Outer Space and Deep Time

Helen Gordon

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Profile Books Ltd
06 November 2025

The Earth: natural history general; Popular astronomy & space

'The Meteorites conjures a small epiphany about our own place in the universe' The Sunday Times

'Dazzling' Financial Times

From your window you can see the stars and distant planets: light years away, it's easy to think that our existences and theirs will never intersect. Yet meteorites - mysterious, 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 insights.

Helen Gordon reveals the fascinating stories of fallen meteorites and the lives they've touched - from collectors to kings, scientists to farmers. She meets amateur astronomers and gem dealers, goes meteorite hunting across rooftops and learns what objects moving through space can tell us about the fragility of life on Earth.

By: Helen Gordon
Imprint: Profile Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9781800815353
ISBN 10: 1800815352
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 06 November 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Helen Gordon is a writer and natural historian. Her books include Being a Writer and the acclaimed Notes from Deep Time, as well as a novel, Landfall. She has written for 1843 magazine, the Guardian and Wired, edited for Granta, and teaches Creative Writing at the University of Hertfordshire.

Reviews for The Meteorites: Encounters with Outer Space and Deep Time

Gripping, deft and riveting. Gordon moves with total mastery from the human to the cosmic and back again -- Noreen Masud, author * A Flat Place * A brilliantly engaging tour of meteorites, a book that reminds us that while they might come from outer space they are part and parcel of our planet -- Travis Elborough, author * Atlas of Unexpected Places * Praise for Notes from Deep Time: Astounding ... To call this a ""history"" does not do justice to Helen Gordon's ambition ... Sheer intellectual and poetical entertainment -- Simon Ings * Daily Telegraph * Profoundly considered and far-reaching ... Notes from Deep Time reaches into a place that, in a post-religious era, offers a glimpse of something close to eternity * FT * A marvel-rich masterclass of narrative non-fiction, one of those books that teaches its reader to see the world completely differently -- Max Porter Awe-inspiring * Mail on Sunday *