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    Countdown!: Or, How Nigh is the End?
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    Countdown!: Or, How Nigh is the End?

    By Sir Patrick Moore

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    About this ebook

    Written with his trademark combination of wit and accessible science, and updated to include the latest theories on asteroids and climate change, this is a must-read book for anyone with an interest in popular science in general, and how the world might end in particular.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe History Press
    Release dateSep 29, 2009
    ISBN9780752496696
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