Death from the skies! the science behind the end of the world--
It's only a matter of time before a cosmic disaster spells the end of the Earth. But how concerned should we be about any of these catastrophic scenarios? And if they do pose a danger, can anything be done to stop them?
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Penguin Books,
2009, c2008
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| 100 | 1 | |a Plait, Philip C. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Death from the skies! : |b the science behind the end of the world-- / |c Philip Plait. |
| 260 | |a New York : |b Penguin Books, |c 2009, c2008 | ||
| 300 | |a 326 p. : |b ill. ; |c 20 cm. | ||
| 500 | |a Includes index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Target Earth: asteroid and comet impacts -- Sunburn -- The stellar fury of supernovae -- Cosmic blowtorches : gamma-ray bursts -- The bottomless pits of black holes -- Alien attack! -- The death of the sun -- Bright lights, big galaxy -- The end of everything -- What, me worry? | |
| 520 | |a It's only a matter of time before a cosmic disaster spells the end of the Earth. But how concerned should we be about any of these catastrophic scenarios? And if they do pose a danger, can anything be done to stop them? | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a End of the world (Astronomy) |v Young adult nonfiction. | |
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