The End of Time: The Maya Mystery of 2012
Anthony Aveni
University Press of Colorado
Some marketing geniuses at the publishing house have taken the most academically rigorous and open-minded exposition of 2012 and given it the dull title "The End of Time" that is sure to make it blend in perfectly with cash-ins and spinoffs and be thrown into the remainders pile. This book is really about 2012 as a cultural phenomenon, why it's caught on so quickly in our society, and how it links into science. Aveni comes off as an extremely thoughtful person who has produced a real labor of love. He seeks both to put the research of John Major Jenkins (The 2012 Story) into the context of more traditional Maya studies, as well as understand why Jenkins is so intent on discovering a Maya basis for cosmological awareness. You'll learn how little we know about the Maya and why they fascinate us.

Great book, look past the cover and find out the science for yourself.