How it ends :
Chris Impey
How it ends : from you to the universe Impey Chris - New York : W.W. Norton & Company, .©2010 - 352 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Endings are personal. That's all, folks ; Everything has it s time ; End of the line --
All good things must pass. The reaper's scythe ; Beating the odds ; Dust to dust --
The future of humanity. The fate of species ; Our own worst enemy --
Beyond natural selection. Endpoints of evolution ; Beyond biology --
The web of life. The restless earth ; Gaia --
Threats to the biosphere. A hard rain ; Saving the planet ; Life is viral --
Living in a solar system. Pale blue dots ; Life beyond earth ; Threats from beyond --
The sun's demise. Living with a star ; Moving off-earth --
Our galactic habitat. Once and future stars ; Mergers and acquisitions --
Aging of the Milky Way. Fade to black ; Childhood's end --
How the universe ends. Something from nothing ; How it all ends --
Beyond endings. Living in the multiverse ; From endings to meaning.
Remarkably upbeat, and imbued with wit, wisdom and a palpable sense of awe over our universe
9780393339987
523.19 / CHR
How it ends : from you to the universe Impey Chris - New York : W.W. Norton & Company, .©2010 - 352 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Endings are personal. That's all, folks ; Everything has it s time ; End of the line --
All good things must pass. The reaper's scythe ; Beating the odds ; Dust to dust --
The future of humanity. The fate of species ; Our own worst enemy --
Beyond natural selection. Endpoints of evolution ; Beyond biology --
The web of life. The restless earth ; Gaia --
Threats to the biosphere. A hard rain ; Saving the planet ; Life is viral --
Living in a solar system. Pale blue dots ; Life beyond earth ; Threats from beyond --
The sun's demise. Living with a star ; Moving off-earth --
Our galactic habitat. Once and future stars ; Mergers and acquisitions --
Aging of the Milky Way. Fade to black ; Childhood's end --
How the universe ends. Something from nothing ; How it all ends --
Beyond endings. Living in the multiverse ; From endings to meaning.
Remarkably upbeat, and imbued with wit, wisdom and a palpable sense of awe over our universe
9780393339987
523.19 / CHR