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100			_aChris Impey
245			_aHow it ends : _bfrom you to the universe _cImpey Chris
260			_aNew York : _bW.W. Norton & Company, _c.©2010
300			_a352 pages : _b illustrations ; _c 21 cm
505			_tEndings are personal. That's all, folks ; Everything has it s time ; End of the line -- _tAll good things must pass. The reaper's scythe ; Beating the odds ; Dust to dust -- _tThe future of humanity. The fate of species ; Our own worst enemy -- _tBeyond natural selection. Endpoints of evolution ; Beyond biology -- _tThe web of life. The restless earth ; Gaia -- _tThreats to the biosphere. A hard rain ; Saving the planet ; Life is viral -- _tLiving in a solar system. Pale blue dots ; Life beyond earth ; Threats from beyond -- _tThe sun's demise. Living with a star ; Moving off-earth -- _tOur galactic habitat. Once and future stars ; Mergers and acquisitions -- _tAging of the Milky Way. Fade to black ; Childhood's end -- _tHow the universe ends. Something from nothing ; How it all ends -- _tBeyond endings. Living in the multiverse ; From endings to meaning.
520			_aRemarkably upbeat, and imbued with wit, wisdom and a palpable sense of awe over our universe
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