Countdown to Apocalypse: Asteroids, Tidal Waves, and the End of the World

Halpern, Paul

ISBN 10: 0306459868 / ISBN 13: 9780306459863

Verlag: Plenum Pr, 1998

Beschreibung

Former owner's embossed stamp on first and last page. Dj. has mild shelfwear, rubbing, no rips or tears. Interior like new. 290 pages.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9803

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Countdown to Apocalypse: Asteroids, Tidal Waves, and the End of the World
• Verlag: Plenum Pr
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0306459868
• ISBN-13: 9780306459863
• Einband: Hard Cover
• Auflage: First Edition.
• Zustand: Very Good
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good++
• Gewicht: 8 Unzen
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Astronomy

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Inhaltsangabe

Predictions on the way the world will eventually end, based on ancient texts like the book of Revelation.. How will the world end? In a big bang or a small whimper? Paul Halpern makes his predictions, poring through ancient texts of the Babylonians, Zoroastrians, "The Book of Revelation" and many others in search of prophesies that may prefigure what the actual apocalypse will be like. 36 illustrations.

Reseña del editor

Inspired by the end of the millennium, celebrated science writer Paul Halpern tackles the fate of human civilization and our planet in this meditation on the end of the world. Beginning with the religious origins of the idea of apocalypse, Halpern shows how science has borrowed the metaphor to describe potential worldwide catastrophes. He spins out various scenarios for destruction, from nuclear war and global warming to a great flood and a new Ice Age. He argues that while human history will someday come to a close -- even if we survived for billions of years, we would eventually face the end of the universe itself -- in the meantime we have gained extraordinary control over our fate as a species. Faced with the power to steer our planet toward paradise or transform it into hell, he says, we must take steps to avoid those catalysts of apocalypse that are within our control.