Countdown to Apocalypse: A Scientific Exploration of the End of the World

by Paul Halpern

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738203580
• ISBN13: 9780738203584
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 8.0"