End times: a brief guide to the end of the world

1 Asteroid: The Universe Is Trying to Kill Us p. 15 --

2 Volcano: A Decade Without a Summer p. 57 --

3 Nuclear: The Final Curtain on Mankind p. 87 --

4 Climate Change: What Do We Owe the Future? p. 127 --

5 Disease: Twenty-First-Century Plague p. 173 --

6 Biotechnology: Engineering a Killer p. 201 --

7 Artificial Intelligence: Summoning the Demon p. 235 --

8 Aliens: Where Is Everybody? p. 275 --

9 Survival: The Day After p. 307 --

10 End: Why We Fight p. 327.