Death From The Skies!: The Science Behind The End Of The World
by Philip Plait Ph.D. /
2009 / English / EPUB
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With wit, humor, and an infectious love of astronomy that could win
over even the science-phobic, this fun and fascinating book reminds
us that outer space is anything but remote. The scientist behind
the popular website badastronomy.com, Philip Plait presents some of
the most fearsome end-of-the-world calamities (for instance,
incoming asteroids and planet-swallowing black holes), demystifies
the scientific principles at work behind them, and gives us the
odds that any of them will step out of the realm of sci-fi to
disrupt our quiet corner of the cosmos. The result is a book that
is both terrifying and entertaining?a tour of the violent universe
we live in, written with an enthusiasm that every stargazer will
appreciate.
With wit, humor, and an infectious love of astronomy that could win
over even the science-phobic, this fun and fascinating book reminds
us that outer space is anything but remote. The scientist behind
the popular website badastronomy.com, Philip Plait presents some of
the most fearsome end-of-the-world calamities (for instance,
incoming asteroids and planet-swallowing black holes), demystifies
the scientific principles at work behind them, and gives us the
odds that any of them will step out of the realm of sci-fi to
disrupt our quiet corner of the cosmos. The result is a book that
is both terrifying and entertaining?a tour of the violent universe
we live in, written with an enthusiasm that every stargazer will
appreciate.
