From the Book - First edition.
A history of mass extinctions. The apocalypse that brought us to life ; Two ways to go extinct ; The Great dying ; What really happened to the dinosaurs ; Is a mass extinction going on right now?
We almost didn't make it. The African bottleneck ; Meeting the Neanderthals ; Great plagues ; The hungry generations
Lessons from survivors. Scatter : footprints of the diaspora ; Adapt : meet the toughest microbes in the world ; Remember : swim south ; Pragmatic optimism, or, Stories of survival
How to build a death-proof city. The mutating metropolis ; Disaster science ; Using math to stop a pandemic ; Cities that hide ; Every surface a farm
The million-year view. Terraforming Earth ; Not in our planetary backyard ; Take a ride on the space elevator ; Your body is optional ; On Titan's beach.
From the Book - First Anchor books edition.
Introduction : Are we all going to die?
pt 1. A history of mass extinctions : The apocalypse that brought us to life ; Two ways to go extinct ; The great dying ; What really happened to the dinosaurs ; Is a mass extinction going on right now?
pt. 2. We almost didn't make it : The African bottleneck ; Meeting the Neanderthals ; Great plagues ; The hungry generations
pt. 3. Lessons from survivors : Scatter: footprints of the diaspora ; Adapt: meet the toughest microbes in the world ; Remember: swim south ; Pragmatic optimism, or stories of survival
pt. 4. How to build a death-proof city : The mutating metropolis ; Disaster science ; Using math to stop a pandemic ; Cities that hide ; Every surface a farm
pt. 5. The million-year view : Terraforming Earth ; Not in our planetary backyard ; Take a ride on the space elevator ; Your body is optional ; On Titan's beach.
