Will mankind go the way of the Dinosaurs ?
Fact, not science fiction:
- You have a greater chance of dying as a result of an asteroid impact than in a jetliner crash.
- A quarter-mile-wide asteroid slamming into our planet would cause more destruction than a hundred hydrogen bombs.
- The latest research reveals that, sooner or later, a catastrophic terrestrial impact is inevitable
Is it possiible to shield the Earth from deadly cosmic debris ?
Can high-tech radar and telescopes predict an impact ?
Who are the men and women who watch the skies for danger ?
What's being done to save planet earth ?
These and other questions are answered in this thought-provoking book by a leading astronomer and one of the founders of the Spaceguard Foundation, whose mission is to ensure that mankind survives for generations to come.
- Auteur
- Duncan Steel
- Éditeur
- READER'S DIGEST
- ISBN
- 9780762102983
- Langue
- anglais
- Année de publication
- 2000
- Catégorie
- Science
- Couverture
- Couverture rigide
- Format
- Grand
- Nombre de pages
- 160
- Condition
- Très bon état
