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How it ends : from you to the universe
Title:
How it ends : from you to the universe
Author:
Impey, Chris
ISBN:
9780393069853
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York [etc.] : W.W. Norton & Company, 2010
Physical Description:
352 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
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.
Subject Term:
Subject:
End of the universe