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Humans are all well aware of the risks to the earth from nuclear weapons and pollution, but there exist other external threats to Earth and our solar system. Frank close discusses and evaluates the dangers from meteor showers, comets, rogue planets and the sun as well as the potential problems of "dark matter", the collapse of the universe under its own gravity, and the possible instability of matter itself.
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| ISBN: | 9780140125276 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books |
| Pub date: | 26 Apr 1990 |
| DEWEY: | 523.12 |
| DEWEY edition: | 20 |
| Language: | English |
| Number of pages: | 242 |
| Weight: | 194g |
| Height: | 198mm |
| Width: | 129mm |
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