Doomsday: The Science of Catastrophic Events

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Catastrophes are part of the Earth's real history. Its grim disasters, acting as a backdrop against which human dramas have been played out, have been recorded in many ancient writings. As Antony Milne shows, doomsday catastrophism, once the preoragtive of 18th-century geologists steeped in the Biblical memory of the Great Flood, has now regained respectability. Catastrophism applies to many disciplines such as planetary science, biology, climatology, and evolutionary theory. Milne provides a look at catastrophism in its scientific and in its disastrous earth-shattering sense. He examines a range of scientific facts and concepts, chronicling the end of a turbulent and disturbing 2000 years.

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Milne brings a well-balanced, rational approach to his highly readable examination of catastrophe science, and he is pragmatic in his warnings about future disasters.-NEXUS
"Milne brings a well-balanced, rational approach to his highly readable examination of catastrophe science, and he is pragmatic in his warnings about future disasters."-NEXUS

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ANTONY MILNE is an established British science writer and author of seven earlier books./e He is an Associate Member of Spaceguard UK and has been a Research Fellow in environmental science for NATO's Scientific Affairs Division.