Lawrence E. Joseph

Don't look up It won't help. You can't get out of the way, you can't dig a hole deep enough to hide. The end is coming, and there's nothing you can do about it. So why read this book? Because you can't look away when not just the religious fanatics are saying we're all going to be destroyed but the scientists are in on the act too. Here's what they're saying: We're a million years over due for a mass extinction. The sun at radiation minimum is acting much worse than at solar maximum, and one misdirected spewing of plasma could fry us in an instant. The magnetic field—which shields us from harmful radiation—is developing a mysterious crack. Our solar system is entering an energetically hostile part of the galaxy. The Yellowstone supervolcano is getting ready to blow, and if it does, we can look forward to nuclear winter and 90 percent annihilation. The Maya, the world's greatest timekeepers ever, say it's all going to stop on December 21, 2012. So, see? There's nothing you can do, but you might as well sit back and enjoy the show. You'll get a good chuckle. That's why you should read this book.

El fin del mundo puede estar mucho más cerca de lo que creemos. Terremotos devastadores. Tsunamis y huracanes nunca vistos. Temperaturas globales inaguantables. Guerra mundial. Desde siempre, el hombre ha querido predecir cómo terminará todo. Ahora, Lawrence E. Joseph revela por qué 2012 se ha señalado como el día del fin del mundo, tanto por fuentes antiguas como por la ciencia contemporánea. La radiación del sol va en aumento y los científicos calculan que alcanzará su punto máximo en 2012. El sistema solar está entrando en una nube de energía dentro de la galaxia que puede afectar al clima y la atmósfera. El supervolcán del parque Yellowstone da muestras de volver a entrar en actividad. Y hasta el calendario maya indica el 21 de diciembre de 2012 como el día del fin del mundo. Todo se combina alrededor de esa fecha mágica.