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Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . .
Death from the Skies These Are the Ways the World Will End
Author: Philip Plait PhD
ISBN-13: 9780670019977
ISBN-10: 0670019976
Publication Date: 10/16/2008
Pages: 336
Rating:
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Publisher: Viking Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
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bup avatar reviewed Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . . on + 166 more book reviews
Fun way to get some astronomy across. We could die by comet, asteroid, black hole, gamma ray burst, supernova...and learning just how all life on earth would die together is pretty interesting.

I remember when the author used to post on the Straight Dope Message Board, and he would sometimes speculate on wonderful scenarios: what if the sun were a black hole (surprise - our orbit would not change!). What if the sun just went "out" - what order would things freeze and fail on earth? His surmisal is when nitrogen snowed out of the atmosphere, that would be ballgame.

Anyway, if idly wondering about extinction events holds appeal for you, this is a great book.