Impossible extinction : natural catastrophes and the supremacy of the microbial world / Charles S. Cockell.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

ix, 181 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Includes index.

The galactic roulette -- Primordial leftovers -- The microbial menagerie -- The record of catastrophe -- The sky falls in -- Supernova fry up -- Fire from below -- Intelligent stupidity -- The world is not enough?