A Guide to the End of the World: Everything You Never Wanted to Know
Bill McGuire "A Guide to the End of the World: Everything You Never Wanted to Know"
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA 2004 | 216 Pages | ISBN: 0192804529 | PDF | 6.8 MB
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA 2004 | 216 Pages | ISBN: 0192804529 | PDF | 6.8 MB
Review
`Review from previous edition each chapter does cover the current state of knowledge with impressive thoroughness, often backed by striking facts and figures' New Scientist
`I would heartily recommend Bill McGuire's potted histroy of the Earth and its many mechanicanisms of destruction' www.bluegreenearth.com
`The book is pacy and terrifying' Literary Review
`a convincing, gripping and, at times. terrifying, case' TNT Magazine
`If you like self mutilation, this book will make a humorous light read at bedtime' Front Magazine
Book Description
menu on earth will come to an end. It's just a matter of when. A Guide to the End of the World focuses on the many potential catastrophes facing our planet and our species in the future, and looks at both the probability of these events happening and our chances of survival. Coverage extends from discussion of the likely consequences of the current global warming to the inevitable destruction of the earth in the far future, when it is enveloped by our giant, bloated sun. In between, other 'end of the world scenarios' will be examined, including the New Ice Age, asteroid and comet impact, supervolcanoes, and mega-tsunami.
Book Info
Sheds new light on the extraordinarily vulnerability of our planet, and on our capacity to withstand the dramatic changes Mother Nature has in store for us in the distant–or not so distant–future.
About the Author
Bill McGuire is Professor of Geohazards and Director of the Benfield Greig Hazard Research Centre, UCL. He is author or editor of over a hundred books, papers, and articles, focusing primarily on volcanoes. He has worked on volcanoes all over the world, including Mount Etna, Rabaul (PNG), and Mount Pinatubo (Philippines). Bill is a member of the Association of British Sciences Writers and a regular contributor to radio, television, and the press on hazard-related matters. He was the focus of the Carlton Television First Edition programme Disaster Man (February 1999), and his latest book - Apocalypse! A natural history of global disasters - was published in 1999. In 2000 he presented his own Radio 4 series on the weather and other forces of nature, and featured in two Horizon programmes as the leading British expert on volcanoes and mega-tsunami ('tidal waves'); these documentaries recorded the highest viewing figures of the year on BBC2 (6 million).