Megacatastrophes! [Kindle Edition]

“A mix of good old-fashioned silliness and some fine science writing. Next time someone tells you, "Cheer up, it might never happen," throw this book at them.”

BBC Focus

“A curiously pleasurable trawl through horrible catastrophes.”

Independent

“Accessible and entertaining... Brings often complex and abstract threats frighteningly to life.”

Financial Times

“Surprisingly good fun.”

The Bookseller – Editor’s Pick

“Who needs vampires and zombies for excitement? Delightful... an authoritative but good-humored look at an array of natural and technological disasters.”

Albert A. Harrison – Professor Emeritus Psychology, University of California, Davis, and author of Starstruck: Cosmic Visions in Science, Religion and Folklore

“Fascinating, if sometimes macabre...  A fabulous book that got better with every page - I couldn't put it down!”

Debra Fischer – Professor of Astronomy at Yale University

“Nicely written, thoroughly researched, highly recommended. Doomsday is already marked in the calendar.”

Alberto Fairen – Research Scientist at the SETI Institute

“The entertaining selection of end-of-the world scenarios is the perfect excuse to learn about science, from the atomic to the galactic and from the terrestrial to the extra-terrestrial. Specially recommended for those who think that the end of humankind cannot cheer you up.”

Alfonso Davila – Senior Scientist at the SETI Institute and Principal Investigator at the Carl Sagan Institute

"A surprisingly cheerful look at the science of how humanity might meet a messy end, from incurable diseases to exploding stars. Who says reading about the end of the world needs to be grim?"

Chad Orzel – author of How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog