End Times: A Brief Guide to the End of the World

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By Bryan Walsh ’01

Published July 16, 2019

End Times: A Brief Guide to the End of the World (Hachette) broaches an uncomfortable topic: human extinction. Scientist and editor Bryan Walsh ’01 interviews geologists, biologists, and even a moral philosopher to highlight the reality of existential natural and manmade threats to humankind and to convince us that knowledge is key if we want humans to survive.

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