What is unique about Richard Nortons book is that it is both a field guide to observing meteors & also a field guide to locating preparing & analysing meteorites. In addition to giving the reader information about observing techniques for meteors this book also provides a fully detailed account of the types of meteorites how & where to find them how to prepare & analyse them. The book provides everything the amateur astronomer (or geologist!) needs to know about meteors & meteorites. It is thus the only complete book on the subject available at present.