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9781591430612

The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes: Flood, Fire, and Famine in the History of Civilization

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    9781591430612

  • ISBN10:

    1591430615

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-06-05
  • Publisher: Bear & Co

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Scientific proof validating the legends and myths of ancient floods, fires, and weather extremes

• Presents scientific evidence revealing the cause of the end of the last ice age and the cycles of geological events and species extinctions that followed

• Connects physical data to the dramatic earth changes recounted in oral traditions around the world

• Describes the impending danger from a continuing cycle of catastrophes and extinctions

There are a number of puzzling mysteries in the history of Earth that have yet to be satisfactorily explained by mainstream science: the extinction of the dinosaurs, the vanishing of ancient Indian tribes, the formation of the mysterious Carolina Bays, the disappearance of the mammoths, the sudden ending of the last Ice Age, and the cause of huge underwater landslides that sent massive tsunamis racing across the oceans millennia ago. Eyewitness accounts of these events are chronicled in rich oral traditions handed down through generations of native peoples. The authors’ recent scientific discoveries link all these events to a single cause.

In The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes Richard Firestone, Allen West, and Simon Warwick-Smith present scientific evidence about a series of prehistoric cosmic events that explains why the last Ice Age ended so abruptly. Their findings validate the ubiquitous legends and myths of floods, fires, and weather extremes passed down by our ancestors and show how these legendary events relate to each other. Their findings also support the idea that we are entering a thousand-year cycle of increasing danger and possibly a new cycle of extinctions.

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Newly discovered scientific proof validating the legends and myths of ancient floods, fires, and weather extremes<br /><br />• Presents new scientific evidence revealing the cause of the end of the last ice age and the cycles of geological events and species extinctions that followed<br /><br />• Connects physical data to the dramatic earth changes recounted in oral traditions around the world <br /><br />• Describes the impending danger from a continuing cycle of catastrophes and extinctions<br /><br />There are a number of puzzling mysteries in the history of Earth that have yet to be satisfactorily explained by mainstream science: the extinction of the dinosaurs, the vanishing of ancient Indian tribes, the formation of the mysterious Carolina Bays, the disappearance of the mammoths, the sudden ending of the last Ice Age, and the cause of huge underwater landslides that sent massive tsunamis racing across the oceans millennia ago. Eyewitness accounts of these events are chronicled in rich oral traditions handed down through generations of native peoples. The authors’ recent scientific discoveries link all these events to a single cause.<br /><br />In <i>The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes</i> Richard Firestone, Allen West, and Simon Warwick-Smith present new scientific evidence about a series of prehistoric cosmic events that explains why the last Ice Age ended so abruptly. Their findings validate the ubiquitous legends and myths of floods, fires, and weather extremes passed down by our ancestors and show how these legendary events relate to each other. Their findings also support the idea that we are entering a thousand-year cycle of increasing danger and possibly a new cycle of extinctions. <br />

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1(5)
PART ONE: THE SEARCH
The Search for Clues
6(13)
``Bullets'' in the Dirt
19(17)
Mammoth under the Black Mat
36(16)
Hunting Mammoths
52(15)
Bright Yellow Bones
67(12)
To Clovis from Czechoslovakia
79(10)
The Horse and the Clovis Spear
89(7)
The Mystery of the Drumlins
96(7)
Out on a Limb in Carolina
103(12)
The Mystery of the Carolina Bays
115(17)
PART TWO: THE MAIN EVENT
What Really Happened?
132(18)
PART THREE: THE EVIDENCE
Scientists and Storytellers
150(7)
The Ominous ``Guest Stars''
157(6)
Explosions in the Sky
163(9)
Giant Bubbles in Space
172(7)
Radiation from the Heavens
179(11)
The Carolina Bay Craters
190(8)
The Martian Connection
198(6)
The Main Craters
204(10)
Bays on the High Plains
214(5)
Streaks across the Plains
219(7)
Earth, the Radiation Detector
226(11)
Supernova 41,000 BP
237(8)
Solar System Impact
245(9)
Chemistry of the Comet
254(11)
Crater below Lake Michigan
265(5)
Moment of Impact
270(10)
Possible Canadian Impact Craters
280(12)
Impacts on Other Continents
292(9)
Fires across the Land
301(9)
Fast-Moving Ice and Water
310(8)
The Waters Cover the Land
318(9)
Endless Waves
327(12)
Diamonds from the Sky
339(14)
Wrapping It Up
353(4)
Appendix A. Find Your Own Stardust 357(4)
Appendix B. Chemistry of the Comet 361(2)
Appendix C. Lakes with Firestorm Charcoal 363(2)
Appendix D. Key Clovis-era Markers 365(4)
Bibliography 369(17)
Index 386

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