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Countdown to Apocalypse Hardcover - 1998

by Paul Halpern


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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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  • Title Countdown to Apocalypse
  • Author Paul Halpern
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 296
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Basic Books, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
  • Date 1998
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780306459863 / 0306459868
  • Weight 1.22 lbs (0.55 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.21 x 6.3 x 0.97 in (23.39 x 16.00 x 2.46 cm)
  • Reading level 1320
  • Library of Congress subjects End of the world (Astronomy)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98026982
  • Dewey Decimal Code 001.9
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