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How it ends : from you to the universe Impey Chris

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, .©2010Description: 352 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780393339987
DDC classification:
  • 523.19 CHR
Contents:
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.
Summary: Remarkably upbeat, and imbued with wit, wisdom and a palpable sense of awe over our universe
List(s) this item appears in: New Arrivals March 2021 - Central Library IIITDMK
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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

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