Earth-Shattering
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A heart-pumping exploration of the biggest explosions in history,
from the Big Bang to mysterious activity on Earth and everything in
between The overwhelming majority of celestial space is inactive
and will remain forever unruffled. Similarly, more than 90 percent
of the universe's 70 billion trillion suns had
non-attention-getting births and are burning through their nuclear
fuel in steady, predictable fashion. But when cosmic violence does
unfold, it changes the very fabric of the universe, with
mega-explosions and ripple effects that reach the near limits of
human comprehension.From colliding galaxies to solar storms, and
gamma ray bursts to space-and-time-warping upheavals, these moments
are rare yet powerful, often unseen but consequentially
felt.Likewise, here on Earth, existence as we know it is fragile,
always vulnerable to hazards both natural and manufactured. As
we've learned from textbooks and witnessed in Hollywood
blockbusters, existential threats such as biological disasters,
asteroid impacts, and climate upheavals have the all-too-real power
to instantaneously transform our routine-centered lives into total
chaos, or much worse.While we might be helpless to stop these
catastrophes-whether they originate on our own planet or in the
farthest reaches of space-the science behind such cataclysmic
forces is as fascinating as their results can be devastating.In
Earth-Shattering, astronomy writer Bob Berman guides us through an
epic, all-inclusive investigation into these instances of violence
both mammoth and microscopic. From the sudden creation of dazzling
",new stars", to the furiously explosive birth of our moon, from
the uncomfortable truth about ultra-high-energy cosmic rays
bombarding us to the incredible ways in which humanity has
harnessed cataclysmic energy for its gain, Berman masterfully
synthesizes some of our worst fears into an astonishing portrait of
the universe that promises to transform the way we look at the
world(s) around us.In the spirit of Neil deGrasse Tyson and Carlo
Rovelli, what emerges is a rollicking, profound, and even humbling
exploration of all the things that can go bump in the night.
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