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Aguilar, David A.

Cosmic Catastrophes: Seven Ways to Destroy a Planet like Earth

80 pp. | Viking/Smithsonian | June, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-451-47684-5 $18.99
(3) 4-6 Planetary bodies have shelf lives, and their obliteration can be caused by a number of astronomical events, such as the expansion of stars or the impact of asteroids. Aguilar's digital "paintings" of the collisions of planets, comets, stars, and black holes are so beautiful and detailed, they almost distract from the excellent scientific discussion of the plausibility of each demise. Reading list, websites. Ind.
Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford

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