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Book SynopsisScientific 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.
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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.
Trade Review“
The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes tells a fascinating, remarkable, and scientifically convincing story that will change how we look at our world. The important conclusion that catastrophes like this could happen again at any time should inspire a united global effort to confront this serious danger to Earth.” * Prof. Anders Nilsson, Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Stanford University, and the Department of P *
“Reads like a mystery novel while presenting hard evidence for a cosmic catastrophe 13,000 years ago that rendered mammoths and many other large North American animals extinct. This is serious research presented in an easy-to-read style.” * Bob Kobres, Carolina Bay Archivist, University of Georgia Libraries *
". . . possibly, the most concise picture of our planet's history ever presented." * Henry Reed, Venture Inward, Jan 2007 *
"This well-written book reads like a captivating detective story and, in my view, is the best available popular account of the great ice-age calamity that significantly shaped humanity’s cultural evolution." * Georg Feuerstein, Traditional Yoga Studies, Oct 2006 *
"This is a memorable reading experience with much information to consider. This book is a page-turner." * Lee Prosser, Ghostvillage.com, July 21, 2006 *
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The Cycle of Cosmic Catastophes is not a book for the faint of heart; it is true to its title. In an easy to read manner, three vetted scientists bring ancient myths and geological facts into, possibly, the most concise picture of our planet's history ever presented." * The Intuitive Connections Network, Jan 25, 2007 *
"This is a book to get excited about. It's riveting, suspenseful, factual, and thoroughly science based. The authors are certainly not shallow armchair couch potatoes spinning tall tales as they have solid credentials and backgrounds in science and have traveled extensively to numerous archeological sites all over the North American continent to literally unearth and to piece together numerous scattered and startling clues." * Brent Raynes, Alternate Perceptions Magazine, Dec 2007 *
"The authors, through their own research around the world provide a new explanation about the puzzling mysteries of cosmic catastrophes, especially one 13,000 years ago at the end of the Ice Age that is chronicled in rich oral traditions." * Nancy Pearlman, editor, The Compendium Newsletter, Nov/Dec 2007 *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
PART ONE: THE SEARCH 1. The Search for Clues
2. “Bullets” in the Dirt
3. Mammoth under the Black Mat
4. Hunting Mammoths
5. Bright Yellow Bones
6. To Clovis from Czechoslovakia
7. The Horse and the Clovis Spear
8. The Mystery of the Drumlins
9. Out on a Limb in Carolina
10. The Mystery of the Carolina Bays
PART TWO: THE MAIN EVENT 11. What Really Happened?
PART THREE: THE EVIDENCE
12. Scientists and Storytellers
13. The Ominous “Guest Stars”
14. Explosions in the Sky
15. Giant Bubbles in Space
16. Radiation from the Heavens
17. The Carolina Bay Craters
18. The Martian Connection
19. The Main Craters
20. Bays on the High Plains
21. Streaks across the Plains
22. Earth, the Radiation Detector
23. Supernova 41,000 BP
24. Solar System Impact
25. Chemistry of the Comet
26. Crater below Lake Michigan
27. Moment of Impact
28. Possible Canadian Impact Craters
29. Impacts on Other Continents
30. Fires across the Land
31. Fast-Moving Ice and Water
32. The Waters Cover the Land
33. Endless Waves
34. Diamonds from the Sky
35. Wrapping it Up
Appendix A. Find Your Own Stardust
Appendix B. Chemistry of the Comet
Appendix C. Lakes with Firestorm Charcoal
Appendix D. Key Clovis-era Markers
Bibliography Index
