<![CDATA[Apocalypse 2012: A Scientific Investigation into Civilization's End]]>

false <![CDATA[Apocalypse 2012: A Scientific Investigation into Civilization's End]]> 114994 10 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. That’s why you should read this book. ***** Dear Reader, If there were a chance that opening this book could set off a chain of events that would lead to Apocalypse, to the end of Life as we know it, would you be tempted? Finger poised uncertainly above the flashing red button? How about if the Apocalypse promised to result in a new age of enlightenment, a Heaven on Earth like never before? Personally, I’ll take the security of my cozy life over a chance at nirvana. But status quo may no longer be an option, for any of us. This book will convince you that there is a nonnegligible chance that the year 2012 will be more tumultuous, catastrophic, and, quite possibly, revelatory, than any other year in human history. Parts of this book are best read with a bowl of popcorn: looking into the jaws of a great white shark in search of the meaning of death; touring a picturesque Guatemalan town with Mayan shaman just weeks before it is utterly destroyed. Other sections go better with a tranquilizer, such as the impending eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano, or the mass extinction headed our way—on the scale of the great collision that destroyed the dinosaurs and 70 percent of all other species, our best scientists contend that it’s now overdue. Nail-biters should beware the fact that the next peak in the sunspot cycle, due in 2012, is widely expected to set records for the number and intensity of solar storms pummeling the Earth with radiation and igniting natural calamities such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and Katrina-sized hurricanes. And that our entire solar system appears to be moving into a dangerous interstellar energy cloud. Is it a coincidence that the burgeoning war between Christianity and Islam seems hell-bent for Armageddon? Or that numerous other religions, philosophies, and cultural traditions are signaling that the end is near, with 2012 emerging as the consensus target date? A new era is about to be born, with all the pain and blood and joy and release that birth naturally entails. Facing oblivion, or at least mega-metamorphosis, is something that few of us are emotionally prepared to do. Thus my excuse for the gallows humor that pervades this story. In a memorable Mary Tyler Moore episode, Mary cracks up laughing at the funeral of Chuckles the Clown who, dressed as a peanut while marching in a parade, was shucked to death by an elephant. If Mary can giggle in the face of death, so can we. With kind regards, Lawrence E. Joseph 110734 23 1 2007 Apocalypse 2012: A Scientific Investigation into Civilization's End total:226|5:34|4:71|3:87|2:27|1:7| 226 776 387 69 4 2 false false Tue Dec 04 10:51:55 -0800 2007 Tue Sep 04 23:04:37 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 23:27:15 -0700 2007
One thing that I'm baffled by: I...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 17:16:38 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 15:24:04 -0800 2009 1
...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 06:40:42 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 05:33:49 -0800 2009 It was dubbed as "An investigation into civilization's end" ("a study" in my translated copy to Spanish), an...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 10:38:43 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 10:44:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 22:03:26 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 09:53:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 true false Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 12:41:18 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 22:53:13 -0800 2009
At any given point in history, there has always been a chorus of eccentrics predicting the end of the world. What makes today different is the broad-scale convergence on the date 2012. How do we account for the fact that tradition...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Jan 28 10:01:22 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 10:06:10 -0800 2009 well, it's written by a scientist, but it will make you pee yourself in fear anyway.
sun spots, our heliosphere curving in on itself, our solar system entering into a hostile part of the galaxy - these are just some of the things we have to loo...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 20 12:34:27 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 12:43:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 20:55:28 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 18:53:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 15:39:51 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 16:44:59 -0700 2008
A few of the disasters he talks about don't have any particular tie to 2012. Yellowstone might erupt at any time, the...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 07:31:51 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 27 19:11:34 -0800 2008 I love a good conspiracy. I don't believe them all, so I probably couldn't be labeled a conspiracy nut, but if there is strong evidence favoring one, I'll let my logical mind pick it apart and try to find some truth. Enter the prophecies concerning December 21, 2012: a multi-faceted prediction in Ma...

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menurut gw if kalender suku maya cuman ampe 2012 so what?
buktinya mereka cuman memulai kalender dari tahun sekitar 3000an SM
the question is apakah sebelum tahun 3000an SM ga ada kehidupan di bumi?
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I don't know if I buy into all the 2012 hype, although it's interesting to read about. The writin...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 30 09:00:17 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 09:05:41 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 09:45:28 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 09:43:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu May 07 15:18:01 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 15:19:25 -0700 2009
But as far as entertainment, it is really enjoyable reading. Just don't believe everything you read.]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 13:28:36 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 13:32:05 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=114994