'EYE-OPENING ENGAGING AND PROFOUNDLY SERIOUS' Ben Caldecott 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 A tomic bomb to the Z ombie apocalypse (via B lack holes
K iller diseases and S pace invaders) The Pocket Guide to Planetary Peril explores twenty-six
doomsday scenarios that could spell the end of humanity as we know it. Using scientific facts
and entertaining anecdotes Professor Jakob Thomä (a global expert in long-term risks and
sustainable finance) explains how likely it is that we will survive climate change or be turned
into grey goo by nanobots - and what we can do about it. Funny eye-opening and charmingly
illustrated this is the perfect book for doomsayers cynics and pessimists everywhere.
