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The Day It Finally Happens - Alien Contact, Dinosaur Parks, Immortal Humans - And Other Possible Phenomena (Paperback)
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The Day It Finally Happens - Alien Contact, Dinosaur Parks, Immortal Humans - And Other Possible Phenomena (Paperback)
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Loot Price R264
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You Save R26 (9%)
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__________ If you live on planet Earth, you're probably scared
about the future. Terrorism, complicated international relations,
global warming, killer viruses and a raft of other issues make it
hard not to be. Watching the news you have to wonder: is it safe to
go out there or not? In The Day It Finally Happens, Mike Pearl
games out many of the 'could it really happen?' scenarios we've all
speculated about, assigning a probability rating, and taking us
through how it would unfold. He explores what would likely occur in
dozens of possible scenarios - the final failure of antibiotics,
the loss of the world's marine life, the abolition of the British
monarchy, and even the arrival of aliens - and reports back from
the future, providing a clear picture on how the world would look,
feel, and even smell in each of these instances. Hilarious,
enlightening, and terrifying, this book makes science accessible
and is a unique form of existential therapy, offering practical
answers to some of our most worrisome questions. Thankfully, the
odds of humanity pulling through look pretty good. __________ For
fans of such bestsellers as What If?,The Worst Case Scenario
Survival Handbook and The Uninhabitable Earth, as well as Steven
Pinker and Malcolm Gladwell, this is a book about future events
that we don't really understand and getting to know them in close
detail. Entertaining speculation featuring both authoritative
research and a bit of mischief: a look at how humanity is likely to
weather such happenings as the day nuclear war occurs, the day the
global internet goes down, the day we run out of effective
antibiotics, and the day immortality is achieved.
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