Apocalypse 2012: An optimist investigates the end of civilization

Apocalypse 2012: An optimist investigates the end of civilization
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Is the world really coming to an end in 2012? The answer frighteningly is ‘maybe’, according to the Bible, the I Ching, the Mayans, meteorologists and vulcanologists. Apocalypse 2012 is cheerful sceptic Laurence E Joseph’s investigation into the 2012 Doomsday phenomenon.Journalist and science writer Laurence E Joseph is our incisive and witty guide unravelling the religious, astrological and mystical prophecies behind the potentially earth-shattering events of 2012. And at the core of this book is Joseph's investigation into the growing number of scientific researchers trying to figure out why conditions around our planet are becoming so bizarre.His adventures include:• Hooking up with the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement whose cheerful motto 'Live Long and Die Out' is now available as a tattoo.• Meeting the scientists who are trying to figure out why the present state of the sun is so worrisome – is it just going through a phase or is something major going on?• Visiting Yellowstone National Park to see whether the seething supervolcano could soon stop civilisation dead in its tracks.• Exploring the possibility of a terrorist attack that could plunge the whole Northern Hemisphere into the equivalent of a nuclear winter.So, if 2012 really is going to be a year of unprecedented catastrophe, what can we do to increase our odds of surviving it? Should we head for the Kentucky hills or hightail it to Western Africa, where the Australian Doomsday 2012 enthusiast is staking his claim, or perhaps we'd be better blasting off for solar systems unknown?With its mixture of hard science, investigative reportage and cast of colourful characters, Apocaplyse 2012 is Fast Food Nation for the terminally paranoid.

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APOCALYPSE 2012. AN OPTIMIST INVESTIGATES THE END OF CIVILIZATION

DEDICATION

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

ATOM SMASHING

GRAY GOO

SOLAR INDIGESTION

COLLATERAL DAMAGE

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

THE MAYAN PROPHECIES

DISCLAIMERS

THE MARK OF DESTINY

GUILTY OF APOCALYPSE: THE CASE AGAINST 2012

SECTION I TIME

1 WHY 2012, EXACTLY?

TIME’S ARROWS AND CYCLES

SPINNING LIKE A TOP

2 THE SERPENT AND THE JAGUAR

CULTURAL IMPERIALISTS

SECTION II EARTH

3 THE MAW OF 2012

SHIELDS DOWN

HOLES

4 HELLFIRES BURNING

WHEN YELLOWSTONE BLOWS

VOLCANO COOLERS

LIGHTING THE VOLCANO FUSE

5 CROSSING ATITLÁN

SECTION III SUN

6 SEE SUN. SEE SUN SPOT

NOT SINCE THE ICE AGE

THE HOTTEST IT HAS BEEN IN 50,000+ YEARS

DATING RITUALS

THE PHYSICISTS’ NEW CLOTHES

NEVER PREDICT!

7 AFRICA CRACKING, EUROPE NEXT

HURRICANE RUNWAY

LITTLE ICE AGES

WHEN JUPITER ALIGNS WITH MARS

TAKES TWO TO TANGO

PLANETARY TIDAL WAVE

SECTION IV SPACE

8 HEADING INTO THE ENERGY CLOUD

THE SOLAR SYSTEM IS HEATING UP

DOUBLE BUMMER

9 THROUGH THE THINKING GLASS

PISSING GAIA OFF

GLIMPSES OF THE NOOSPHERE

OLD ICELANDIC SEA CAPTAIN

A BASEMENT IN SIBERIA

SECTION V EXTINCTION

10 OOF!

SCIENCE FOR THE AGES

Bad News—We Are Way Past Our “Extinct by” Date

HEADS UP!

UMBRELLA?

SECTION VI ARMAGEDDON

11 LET THE END-TIMES ROLL

BIBLE CODE

THE ARMAGEDDON MOVEMENT

DIVINE RETRIBUTION

SATAN IS STRONG AND GREEN

DRAIN THE MIDDLE EAST ABSCESS

12 HAIL THE STATUS QUO

MESSIAH(S) ARE COMING

THE MESSIAH IS HERE

RESIST THE PROPHECY

13 2012, THE STRANGE ATTRACTOR

2012 AND THE I CHING

EASTERN MYSTICAL 2012

AROUND THE WORLD IN 2012

STRANGE ATTRACTOR

OUR FAVORITE DOOMSDAY

2012 IS NOT PRO-DEATH

LISA WILL SHOW US THE WAY

CONCLUSION

PRAY

OFFER UP A SACRIFICE

BLAST OFF

RAISE BILLIONS

PREPARE OUR MINDS

MAKE WAY FOR THE MAYANS

HEAD FOR THE HILLS

BE SAFE

EPILOGUE

NOTES

INTRODUCTION

GUILTY OF APOCALYPSE: THE CASE AGAINST 2012

SECTION I: TIME. CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

SECTION II: EARTH. CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

SECTION III: THE SUN. CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 7

SECTION IV: SPACE. CHAPTER 8

CHAPTER 9

SECTION V: EXTINCTION. CHAPTER 10

SECTION VI: ARMAGEDDON. CHAPTER 11

CHAPTER 13

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

INDEX

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

COPYRIGHT

ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

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