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 entertainingaa tour of the violent universe we live in, written with an enthusiasm that every stargazer will appreciate.
| ISBN | 0143116045 | | Publication date | 01 Aug 2009 | | ISBN13 | 9780143116042
(What's this?) | | DEWEY | 520 | | Publisher | Penguin Books | | Pages | 336 | | Imprint | PENGUIN GROUP | | Volumes | 1 | | Format | Paperback | |
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