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Earth-Shattering audiobook

  • By: Bob Berman
  • Narrator: Peter Ganim
  • Length: 9 hours 43 minutes
  • Publisher: Hachette Audio
  • Publish date: February 19, 2019
  • Language: English
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Earth-Shattering Audiobook Summary

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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Earth-Shattering Audiobook Narrator

Peter Ganim is the narrator of Earth-Shattering audiobook that was written by Bob Berman

About the Author(s) of Earth-Shattering

Bob Berman is the author of Earth-Shattering

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Earth-Shattering Full Details

Narrator Peter Ganim
Length 9 hours 43 minutes
Author Bob Berman
Publisher Hachette Audio
Release date February 19, 2019
ISBN 9781478992639

Subjects

The publisher of the Earth-Shattering is Hachette Audio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Science, Astronomy

Additional info

The publisher of the Earth-Shattering is Hachette Audio. The imprint is Little, Brown & Company. It is supplied by Hachette Audio. The ISBN-13 is 9781478992639.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

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