Description: Title: When the Asteroid Hits: Earth Impacts and Extinction Events in Popular Culture Author: Debus, Allen a. Publisher: McFarland & Company Binding: Paperback Pages: 312 Dimensions: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.66d Product Weight: 1.21 lbs. Language: English ISBN: 9781476694580 The incomprehensible notion of a very large chunk of ice or rock from outer space smashing into the Earth has only become mainstream within the past two centuries. Though early writers imagined the utterly fantastic consequences of comet collisions and speculated on the devastation they might wreak, it was not until the 1980s when scientists finally resolved that dinosaurs were extinguished by an asteroid 66 million years ago. This startling announcement captivated the media and tilted the science fiction world but in reality, history may have been punctuated repeatedly by such events. This book collects and analyzes ideas of asteroid, comet, and planetary impacts with Earth spanning two centuries, from the first realization of extinctions in fossil records to the new millennium, reflected in scores of sci-fi stories, films, and televised science documentaries. The author examines social and geopolitical fears tied to the prospect of a cosmic-borne catastrophe. Science, fiction, and speculation are artfully melded. Authorized Dealer Ships Fast From The USA
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Book Title: When the Asteroid Hits: Earth Impacts and Extinction Events in Po
Number of Pages: 312 Pages
Publication Name: When the Asteroid Hits : Earth Impacts and Extinction events in Popular Culture
Language: English
Publisher: Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2024
Subject: Television / Genres / Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror, Popular Culture, Linguistics / General, Film / Genres / Science Fiction & Fantasy
Item Weight: 19.4 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 10 in
Subject Area: Performing Arts, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science
Author: Allen A. Debus
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
