Impact Earth - Austen Atkinson

On 19 May 1996 the world came very close to something that would have affected all of us. That is, it came close to being hit by a football-stadium-sized asteroid called 1996 JA1. The human race might have survived, but many millions of its members wouldn't, and neither would many millions of other living things. We were lucky that time, but the danger is still out there from asteroids as big or much bigger, and this is another in the lengthening list of books devoted to this very important topic. It's by no means the best of them, but it's certainly a good introduction, particularly to that recent near-miss, though I would recommend John and Mary ...