Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End [Lingua Inglese]: The Science Behind the End of the World - Brossura

Plait Ph.D., Philip

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ISBN 10: 0143116045 ISBN 13: 9780143116042

Casa editrice: Penguin Books, 2009

Riassunto

A lively astronomy primer uses cataclysmic scenarios to explain some of the universe's most interest-piquing phenomena, in a comprehensive guide that also explains how life on Earth would be affected should depicted events occur. Reprint.

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Recensione:

"[Plait] describes each doomsday scenario with glee. . . . Yet for all that, his book is strangely comforting."
-The Washington Post Book World

" A surprisingly upbeat look at all the ways the universe can destroy us . . . Eminently readable."
-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"The enthusiasm Plait has for his subject is not any morbid fascination with the upcoming bang or whimper, but with how much we know now about the universe around us, and he conveys this enthusiasm with pages full of wonder."
-The Commercial Dispatch

L'autore:

Phil Plait, Ph.D. is a NASA-funded research astronomer with more than ten years of professional experience. He has written astronomy articles for magazines such as Astronomy, Muse, and Space Illustrated, and has been published in the Boston Globe. Plait has appeared on national radio and TV programs, including the Sci-Fi Channel’s “Countdown to Doomsday” documentary.

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• Editore: Penguin Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0143116045
• ISBN 13: 9780143116042
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336