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how an asteroid killed the dinosaurs and how we can avoid a similar fate from nuclear winter
'Earth in Flames' discusses how the dinosaurs died and how their deaths parallel what might happen to people after a nuclear war. The book reflects on the odds of future asteroid impacts, how to stop them, and what the readers personally and together can do to prevent a nuclear war, so that humans don't end up like the dinosaurs.
Preface: How We Met and a Brief History -- 1. Prologue -- Part I Impacts, Asteroid Winters, and Dinosaurs. -- 2. The Power of Asteroids and Comets: When Will the Next Big One Hit? -- 3. Clues from Craters, Assured Destruction, and Ejecta Layers -- 4. Worldwide Fires Killed the Dinosaurs -- 5. Can We Stop an Asteroid or Comet Collision in the Future? -- Part II Humans and Nuclear Winter. -- 6. You Too Could Build a Bomb: It Can't Be Hard; There Are a Lot of Them -- 7. How Many Bombs Are Out There, and How Could They Be Delivered? -- 8. Scenarios for War and Near Misses -- 9. Are You Being Targeted with a Nuclear Weapon? -- 10. Assured Destruction by Nuclear Explosions -- 11. Firestorms in Cities -- 12. Climate Disaster, Climate Models, and Natural Analogs -- 13. Impacts on Humans of Nuclear War -- Part III Epilogue. Could It Happen? -- 14. Will Humans Become Extinct from an Asteroid Collision or a Nuclear War? -- 15. Can We Avoid Nuclear War?
Includes bibliographical references and index.