How It Ends
From You to the Universe
Published on 11. April 2011
352 pages
978-0-393-07917-3 (ISBN)
Description
"Remarkably upbeat, and imbued with wit, wisdom and a palpable sense of awe over our universe.”—Tucson Weekly
Most of us are aware of our own mortality, but few among us know what science, with insights yielded from groundbreaking new research, has to say about endings on a larger scale. Enter astronomer Chris Impey, who chronicles the death of the whole shebang: individual, species, bio- sphere, Earth, Sun, Milky Way, and, finally, the entire universe. With a healthy dose of humor, How It Ends illuminates everything from the technologies of human life extension and the evolutionary arms race between microbes and men to the inescapable dimming of the Sun and the ultimate "big rip,” giving us a rare glimpse into a universe without us.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Windows
Illustrations
68 black-and-white illustrations
ISBN-13
978-0-393-07917-3 (9780393079173)
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Person
Chris Impey is a distinguished professor in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Arizona and the critically-acclaimed author of Beyond, How It Began, and How It Ends, and four other books, as well as two astronomy textbooks. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.
Content
- Intro
- ALSO BY CHRIS IMPEY
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- PREFACE
- CHAPTER 1: ENDINGS ARE PERSONAL
- That's All Folks
- Everything Has Its Time
- End of the Line
- CHAPTER 2: ALL GOOD THINGS MUST PASS
- The Reaper's Scythe
- Beating the Odds
- Dust to Dust
- CHAPTER 3: THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY
- The Fate of Species
- Our Own Worst Enemy
- CHAPTER 4: BEYOND NATURAL SELECTION
- Endpoints of Evolution
- Beyond Biology
- CHAPTER 5: THE WEB OF LIFE
- The Restless Earth
- Gaia
- CHAPTER 6: THREATS TO THE BIOSPHERE
- A Hard Rain
- Saving the Planet
- Life Is Viral
- CHAPTER 7: LIVING IN A SOLAR SYSTEM
- Pale Blue Dots
- Life Beyond Earth
- Threats from Beyond
- CHAPTER 8: THE SUN'S DEMISE
- Living with a Star
- Moving Off-Earth
- CHAPTER 9: OUR GALACTIC HABITAT
- Once and Future Stars
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- CHAPTER 10: AGING OF THE MILKY WAY
- Fade to Black
- Childhood's End
- CHAPTER 11: HOW THE UNIVERSE ENDS
- Something from Nothing
- How It All Ends
- CHAPTER 12: BEYOND ENDINGS
- Living in the Multiverse
- From Endings to Meaning
- GLOSSARY
- NOTES
- READING LIST
- CREDITS
