by Martin Rees

Our planet may be insignificant on a cosmic scale, but as the evolution of intelligent life here makes it unusual, it is likely to be unique in our galaxy. Yet we may be on the verge of destroying it, of destroying ourselves - over the next century the future of life in the cosmos could be either jeopardised - of safeguarded for perpetuity.

‘One of the most provocative and unsettling books I have read for many years, and its prophecies of doom are far more threatening that even the most apocalyptic science fiction . . . That a scientist so distinguished as Rees should air these fierce anxieties is a sign that something is amiss’. J G Ballard in the Daily Telegraph

• Paperback
• 228 pages
• ISBN: 9780099436867