Countdown To Apocalypse

A Scientific Exploration Of The End Of The World

By: Paul Halpern

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Paperback | 18 August 2000 | Edition Number 1

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Inspired by the end of the millennium, celebrated science writer Paul Halpern tackles the fate of human civilization and our planet in this meditation on the end of the world. Beginning with the religious origins of the idea of apocalypse, Halpern shows how science has borrowed the metaphor to describe potential worldwide catastrophes. He spins out various scenarios for destruction, from nuclear war and global warming to a great flood and a new Ice Age. He argues that while human history will someday come to a close-even if we survived for billions of years, we would eventually face the end of the universe itself-in the meantime we have gained extraordinary control over our fate as a species. Faced with the power to steer our planet toward paradise or transform it into hell, he says, we must take steps to avoid those catalysts of apocalypse that are within our control.

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Non-Fiction Science Science in General Philosophy of Science Mind, Body, Spirit Miscellaneous Items Astronomy, Space & Time Cosmology & The Universe Popular Science

Preface Terrors of the New Millennium	p. 11
Acknowledgments	p. 17
Introduction Elegy to Extinction	p. 19
	p. 41
the Floods of Babylon: Early Apocalyptic Ideas	p. 43
the Plague of Florence: Medieval Perspectives	p. 61
the War for Eternity: Modern Apocalyptic Notions	p. 89
Angry Earth Worldly Apocalypse	p. 117
the Snows of Yosemite: Ice Age Cycles	p. 119
The Fires of Hiroshima Nuclear Armageddon	p. 135
the Skies Over Antarctica: Environmental Nightmares	p. 155
Fatal Equations: Cosmic Apocalypse	p. 175
In the Days of the Comet	p. 177
Angry Red Sun	p. 213
with a Bang or a Whimper: The End of Space	p. 237
Epilogue: Triumph Over Fear	p. 267
References	p. 271
Related Reading	p. 277
Apocalypse-Related Web Sites	p. 283
Index	p. 285
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