Which will get us first? The super-volcano in Yellowstone National Park? An asteroid hurtling through outer space? Black holes from CERN gobbling up the solar system? An army of deranged nanobots?
Or - who knows - alien invasion?
Armed with lavish illustrations and their one-of-a-kind
"Catastrophometer", Dr David Darling and Dr Dirk Schulze-Makuch introduce all those disasters you never saw coming, unpicking the hardcore science that makes them genuine possibilities, and providing everything from survival tips to danger ratings. So sit back, face the inevitable, and discover the delights of the nine oddest ways the world could end.