Earth in Flames
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Earth in Flames
How an Asteroid Killed the Dinosaurs and How We Can Avoid a Similar Fate From Nuclear Winter
Robock, Alan; Toon, Owen Brian
Oxford University Press Inc
09/2025
280
Dura
Inglês
9780197799703
15 a 20 dias
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Preface: How We Met and a Brief History
1: Prologue
Part I Impacts, Asteroid Winters, and Dinosaurs
2: The Power of Asteroids and Comets: When Will the Next Big One Hit?
3: Clues from Craters, Assured Destruction, and Ejecta Layers
4: Worldwide Fires Killed the Dinosaurs
5: Can We Stop an Asteroid or Comet Collision in the Future?
Part II Humans and Nuclear Winter
6: You Too Could Build a Bomb: It Can't Be Hard; There Are a Lot of Them
7: How Many Bombs Are Out There, and How Could They Be Delivered?
8: Scenarios for War and Near Misses
9: Are You Being Targeted with a Nuclear Weapon?
10: Assured Destruction by Nuclear Explosions
11: Firestorms in Cities
12: Climate Disaster, Climate Models, and Natural Analogs
13: Impacts on Humans of Nuclear War
Part III Epilogue. Could It Happen?
14: Will Humans Become Extinct from an Asteroid Collision or a Nuclear War?
15: Can We Avoid Nuclear War?
Glossary
Acknowledgments
References
Index
1: Prologue
Part I Impacts, Asteroid Winters, and Dinosaurs
2: The Power of Asteroids and Comets: When Will the Next Big One Hit?
3: Clues from Craters, Assured Destruction, and Ejecta Layers
4: Worldwide Fires Killed the Dinosaurs
5: Can We Stop an Asteroid or Comet Collision in the Future?
Part II Humans and Nuclear Winter
6: You Too Could Build a Bomb: It Can't Be Hard; There Are a Lot of Them
7: How Many Bombs Are Out There, and How Could They Be Delivered?
8: Scenarios for War and Near Misses
9: Are You Being Targeted with a Nuclear Weapon?
10: Assured Destruction by Nuclear Explosions
11: Firestorms in Cities
12: Climate Disaster, Climate Models, and Natural Analogs
13: Impacts on Humans of Nuclear War
Part III Epilogue. Could It Happen?
14: Will Humans Become Extinct from an Asteroid Collision or a Nuclear War?
15: Can We Avoid Nuclear War?
Glossary
Acknowledgments
References
Index
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Preface: How We Met and a Brief History
1: Prologue
Part I Impacts, Asteroid Winters, and Dinosaurs
2: The Power of Asteroids and Comets: When Will the Next Big One Hit?
3: Clues from Craters, Assured Destruction, and Ejecta Layers
4: Worldwide Fires Killed the Dinosaurs
5: Can We Stop an Asteroid or Comet Collision in the Future?
Part II Humans and Nuclear Winter
6: You Too Could Build a Bomb: It Can't Be Hard; There Are a Lot of Them
7: How Many Bombs Are Out There, and How Could They Be Delivered?
8: Scenarios for War and Near Misses
9: Are You Being Targeted with a Nuclear Weapon?
10: Assured Destruction by Nuclear Explosions
11: Firestorms in Cities
12: Climate Disaster, Climate Models, and Natural Analogs
13: Impacts on Humans of Nuclear War
Part III Epilogue. Could It Happen?
14: Will Humans Become Extinct from an Asteroid Collision or a Nuclear War?
15: Can We Avoid Nuclear War?
Glossary
Acknowledgments
References
Index
1: Prologue
Part I Impacts, Asteroid Winters, and Dinosaurs
2: The Power of Asteroids and Comets: When Will the Next Big One Hit?
3: Clues from Craters, Assured Destruction, and Ejecta Layers
4: Worldwide Fires Killed the Dinosaurs
5: Can We Stop an Asteroid or Comet Collision in the Future?
Part II Humans and Nuclear Winter
6: You Too Could Build a Bomb: It Can't Be Hard; There Are a Lot of Them
7: How Many Bombs Are Out There, and How Could They Be Delivered?
8: Scenarios for War and Near Misses
9: Are You Being Targeted with a Nuclear Weapon?
10: Assured Destruction by Nuclear Explosions
11: Firestorms in Cities
12: Climate Disaster, Climate Models, and Natural Analogs
13: Impacts on Humans of Nuclear War
Part III Epilogue. Could It Happen?
14: Will Humans Become Extinct from an Asteroid Collision or a Nuclear War?
15: Can We Avoid Nuclear War?
Glossary
Acknowledgments
References
Index
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