The Pocket Guide to Planetary Peril

An A to Z of the calamities and catastrophes that could end life as we know it - and a look at what should really be keeping us awake at night.From the Atomic bomb to the Zombie apocalypse (via Black holes, Killer diseases and UFOs), Jakob Thomä explores twenty-six doomsday scenarios that could spell the end of humanity as we know it. Using scientific facts and entertaining anecdotes, he explains how likely it is that we will be swallowed up by a black hole or that the Walking Dead will become a reality - and what we can do about it.Funny, eye-opening and charmingly illustrated, this is the perfect gift for the doomsayers, cynics and pessimists in your life.