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The authors, a geologist and an astronomer, tell an awe-inspiring story of the second half of the Earth's life. The process of planetary evolution will essentially reverse itself; life as we know it will subside until only the simplest forms remain. The oceans will evaporate, and as the sun slowly expands, Earth itself will eventually meet a fiery end.
`[Ward & Brownlee] combine storytelling power with extreme scientific care, and their narrative is as transfixing as any of HG Wells' fantasies' Oliver Sachs
Peter Ward is Professor of Geological Sciences and Zoology at the University of Washington in Seattle; he is also the author of nine science books, including On Methuselah's Trail: Living Fossils and the Great Extinctions, and The End of Evolution. - David Brownlee is Professor of Astronomy at the University of Washington, and co-author with Peter Ward of the acclaimed and bestselling Rare Earth.
