Dr Phil Plait – Death From The Skies!

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Philip Plait is a renowned astronomer with more than two decades of professional research and education experience. He has written articles for such magazines as Astronomy and Sky & Telescope, as well as national and international newspapers. He has appeared on television news and in documentaries many times, including the Sci-Fi Channel’s Countdown to Doomsday and National Geographic’s Is It Real? His website Bad Astronomy has won numerous awards, such as best Science Blog of 2007, and also a book of the same name (Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing Hoax).

Phil’s latest book is Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End…

First broadcast 12th December 2008