The Little Book of Cosmic Catastrophes (That Could End the World): What has happened · What can happen · What will happen - Hardcover
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Explore all the possible ways that the world can end, astrophysically speaking.
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Dr Sara Webb is an astrophysicist and passionate science communicator. Her research includes chasing gravitational wave counterparts, cataloguing the fastest flare stars in the galaxy and building AI tools to help astronomers work faster.
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Explore all the possible ways that the world can end, astrophysically speaking.
What, in the end, will signal the end of the world? It’s the question we all ponder, but what could actually happen?
Our Earth is our tiny little haven in this chaotic universe, and it’s by sheer luck we are even here at all. The Little Book of Cosmic Catastrophes (That Could End the World) will explore a full breadth of astronomical conundrums, presenting complex ideas in bitesize, easy to digest segments in three parts.
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