How it ends :
Impey, Chris.
How it ends : from you to the universe / Chris Impey. - 1st ed. - New York, NY : W.W. Norton, c2010. - 352 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-328) and index.
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.
9780393069853 (hardcover) :
2009047265
GBB009025 bnb
015473345 Uk
End of the universe.
QB991.E53 / I47 2010
523.1/9
How it ends : from you to the universe / Chris Impey. - 1st ed. - New York, NY : W.W. Norton, c2010. - 352 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-328) and index.
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.
9780393069853 (hardcover) :
2009047265
GBB009025 bnb
015473345 Uk
End of the universe.
QB991.E53 / I47 2010
523.1/9