A guide to the myriad possibilities for cosmic apocalypse. Inspired
by the end of the millennium, 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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