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.

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