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A Guide to The End of the World: Everything you never wanted to know – Bill McGuire

R120.00

Thousands of people die every year from floods, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, hurricanes and typhoons. Yet compared to what the Earth endured in prehistoric times-lethal volcanic winters, deadly asteroid collisions-our civilization has developed against a backdrop of relative geological calm. Will this calm last? A Brief Guide to the End of the World looks at the frightful prospects that await us in the 21st century and beyond.

Price: R120.00

Edition: First edition

Published: 2002

Publishers: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 9780192802972

Condition: Cloth hardcover and dust jacket in very good condition, with minor shelf wear around the cover of the cover. Internally in near-pristine condition.

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Thousands of people die every year from floods, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, hurricanes and typhoons. Yet compared to what the Earth endured in prehistoric times-lethal volcanic winters, deadly asteroid collisions-our civilization has developed against a backdrop of relative geological calm. Will this calm last? A Brief Guide to the End of the World looks at the frightful prospects that await us in the 21st century and beyond.

Price: R120.00

Edition: First edition

Published: 2002

Publishers: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 9780192802972

Condition: Cloth hardcover and dust jacket in very good condition, with minor shelf wear around the cover of the cover. Internally in near-pristine condition.

Additional information

Weight 345 g