Death from the Skies!
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Death from the Skies! by Philip Plait Phd
With wit, humor, and an infectious love of astronomy that could win over even the science-phobic, this fun and fascinating book reminds us that outer space is anything but remote. The scientist behind the popular website badastronomy.com, Philip Plait presents some of the most fearsome end-of-the-world calamities (for instance, incoming asteroids and planet-swallowing black holes), demystifies the scientific principles at work behind them, and gives us the odds that any of them will step out of the realm of sci-fi to disrupt our quiet corner of the cosmos. The result is a book that is both terrifying and entertaining?a tour of the violent universe we live in, written with an enthusiasm that every stargazer will appreciate.Philip Plait is an astronomer and skeptic who runs www.badastronomy.com, a prominent blog that was selected one of Time.com's Best Blogs of 2009. He has been published in Astronomy, Boston Globe, and Muse as a former physics and astronomy lecturer. He currently resides in Boulder, Colorado.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780670019977 |
| ISBN 10 | 0670019976 |
| Title | Death from the Skies! |
| Author | Philip Plait Phd |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2008-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 326 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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