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Author:

Miller, Ron, 1947-

Title:

Is the end of the world near? : from crackpot predictions to scientific scenarios / Ron Miller.

Publisher:

Twenty-First Century Books,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

120 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.

Subject:

End of the world (Astronomy)--Juvenile literature.
Science--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-117) and index.

Contents:

Fantasy, faith, and fiction -- 2012 -- Pseudoscience -- Knockout from space -- Our own worst enemy -- The end of the human species? -- The end of Earth -- Going, going, gone.

Summary:

Introduces end of the world scenarios, including self-destruction through nuclear war or continued environmental exploitation, humanity wiped out by a pandemic, or an asteroid or comet strike destroying Earth.

ISBN:

0761373969 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
9780761373964 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2010051963

Locations:

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

NKPD993 -- Eagle Grove Memorial Library (Eagle Grove)

ELPC715 -- Paullina Public Library (Paullina)

FRPA224 -- Volga Public Library (Volga)