TY - BOOK AU - Chris Impey TI - How it ends : : from you to the universe SN - 9780393339987 U1 - 523.19 PY - 2010/// CY - New York : PB - W.W. Norton & Company, N1 - 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 N2 - Remarkably upbeat, and imbued with wit, wisdom and a palpable sense of awe over our universe ER -