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Tables of Contents for Countdown to Apocalypse
Chapter/Section Title
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PREFACE: TERRORS OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM
11
6
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
17
2
INTRODUCTION: ELEGY TO EXTINCTION
19
24
Death of a Species
19
1
The Age of the Thunder Beasts
20
4
The Alvarez Proposal
24
7
Patterns of Destruction
31
6
Prospects for Disaster
37
6
PART ONE: WRATHFUL GODS: RELIGIOUS APOCALYPSE
43
76
CHAPTER ONE: THE FLOODS OF BABYLON: EARLY APOCALYPTIC IDEAS
43
18
After the Deluge
43
2
Legend of Atlantis
45
1
Gilgamesh and Noah's Ark
46
3
Flood Fossils
49
2
Rhythms of Renewal
51
3
Thus Spake Zarathustra
54
3
Daniel's Dreams
57
4
CHAPTER TWO: THE PLAGUE OF FLORENCE: MEDIEVAL PERSPECTIVES
61
28
St. Augustine of Hippo
62
4
The Year 1000
66
4
Joachim of Fiore
70
4
The Black Death
74
5
Danse Macabre
79
1
The Final Plague
80
9
CHAPTER THREE: THE WAR FOR ETERNITY: MODERN APOCALYPTIC NOTIONS
89
30
America's Sect Appeal
89
4
Great Disappointment
93
4
Views from the Watchtower
97
4
Tragedy in Jonestown
101
6
Ranch Apocalypse
107
4
Souls to the Heavens
111
8
PART TWO: ANGRY EARTH: WORLDLY APOCALYPSE
119
58
CHAPTER FOUR: THE SNOWS OF YOSEMITE: ICE AGE CYCLES
119
16
Forever Winter
119
1
Seasons of Ice
120
3
Flash Frozen
123
2
Change in the Weather
125
2
Year without a Summer
127
3
Return of the Glaciers
130
2
Nature's Demons
132
3
CHAPTER FIVE: THE FIRES OF HIROSHIMA: NUCLEAR ARMAGEDDON
135
20
Energy from Matter
135
3
Pandora's Blast
138
2
Cities of Ghosts
140
6
Cold Silence
146
3
The Late Great Planet Earth
149
2
Doomsday Clock
151
4
CHAPTER SIX: THE SKIES OVER ANTARCTICA: ENVIRONMENTAL NIGHTMARES
155
22
Smoggy Skies
155
3
Message from Kyoto
158
8
Hopping Mad
166
5
Reviving Our Planet
171
6
PART THREE: FATAL EQUATIONS: COSMIC APOCALYPSE
177
90
CHAPTER SEVEN: IN THE DAYS OF THE COMET
177
36
From Halley to Hale-Bopp
177
4
Rocky and Icy Intruders
181
6
Stars of Doom
187
3
The Great Melt
190
4
Perils from the Skies
194
3
Crash on Jupiter
197
4
Spacewatch
201
8
Prelude to Oblivion
209
4
CHAPTER EIGHT: ANGRY RED SUN
213
24
Rendezvous with Cosmic Destiny
213
2
Inner Workings of the Sun
215
6
The Case of the Missing Neutrinos
221
2
Celestial Timebombs
223
8
Requiem for a Star
231
1
Fight, Flight, or Fright
232
5
CHAPTER NINE: WITH A BANG OR A WHIMPER: THE END OF SPACE
237
30
Heat Death
237
5
The Shape of Cosmic Fate
242
7
Critical Tests
249
4
Life in a Crunch
253
3
Dark Forces
256
3
The Edge of the Universe
259
3
Chronicle of the Far Future
262
5
EPILOGUE: TRIUMPH OVER FEAR
267
4
REFERENCES
271
6
RELATED READING
277
6
APOCALYPSE-RELATED WEB SITES
283
2
INDEX
285