A Choice of Catastrophes: The Disasters that Threaten Our World by Asimov, Isaac - 1979

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1979. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Fine first edition in clean unchipped dust jacket. Clean red boards with black cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean red endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 377 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped; nice photo of author on rear panel; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Asimov turns his encyclopedic mind and distinctive pen to all the potential disasters that threaten the existence of our civilization. As only he can, Mr. Asimov makes remarkably clear such complicated concepts as black holes, quasars, and supernovas; explains the properties of the sun; discusses the bombardment of the Earth by meteorites and other extraterrestrial objects, and focuses on the awesome impact of nuclear war..