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Bob Berman is a leading astronomy writer and the author of Zapped, Zoom and The Sun's Heartbeat. He contributed the popular `Night Watchman' column for Discover for seventeen years and is currently a columnist for Astronomy, a host on Northeast Public Radio and science editor of The Old Farmer's Almanac. He lives in Willow, New York.
'Berman writes with verve and vigour...a pleasing excursion into the hows and whys of how the universe - our universe, anyway - took shape and how it works - except when it doesn't.' * <i>Kirkus</i> * 'This lively menagerie of astrophysical oddities will entertain any reader who's ever wondered what the biggest, most dangerous bangs in the universe might be.' * <i>Publishers Weekly</i> * 'Fascinating, terrifying and entertaining in equal measure, this is an expert guide to the deadliest hazards in the universe, on Earth and beyond.' -- Paul Parsons, science journalist and author 'Blithely engaging, a glittering planetarium that is...a stage for astonishing and unnerving spectacles... I greatly admire [Berman's] ability to lucidly explain astrophysics to the nonscientist. The brio that he brings to cosmic havoc makes much of Boom! a delicious guilty pleasure.' * <i>Wall Street Journal</i> *
