'A n indispensable guide to the existential risks facing humanity ' Ben Caldecott ' FASCINATING ' Howard Davies An A to Z of the calamities and catastrophes that could end life as we know it - and a look at what should really be keeping us awake at night. From the A tomic bomb to the Z ombie apocalypse (via B lack holes, K iller diseases and S pace invaders), The Pocket Guide to Planetary Peril explores twenty-six doomsday scenarios that could spell the end of humanity as we know it. Using scientific facts and entertaining anecdotes, Professor Jakob Thomä (a global expert in long-term risks and sustainable finance) explains how likely it is that we will survive climate change or be turned into grey goo by nanobots - and what we can do about it. Funny, eye-opening and charmingly illustrated, this is the perfect book for doomsayers, cynics and pessimists everywhere.