Description: Global Catastrophic Risks, Paperback by Bostrom, Nick (EDT); Cirkovic, Milan M. (EDT), ISBN 0199606501, ISBN-13 9780199606504, Brand New, Free P&P in the UK A global catastrophic risk is one with the potential to wreak death and destruction on a global scale. In human history, wars and plagues have done so on more than one occasion, and misguided ideologies and totalitarian regimes have darkened an entire era or a region. Advances in technology
are adding dangers of a new kind. It could happen again.
In Global Catastrophic Risks 25 leading experts look at the gravest risks facing humanity in the 21st century, including asteroid impacts, gamma-ray bursts, Earth-based natural catastrophes, nuclear war, terrorism, global warming, biological weapons, totalitarianism, advanced nanotechnology, general
artificial intelligence, and social collapse. Th also addresses over-arching issues - policy responses and methods for predicting and managing catastrophes.
This is invaluable reading for anyone interested in the big issues of our time; for students focusing on science, society, technology, and public policy; and for academics, policy-makers, and professionals working in these acutely important fields.
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Book Title: Global Catastrophic Risks
Number of Pages: 576 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Global Catastrophic Risks
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Year: 2011
Subject: Geography & Geosciences, Science
Item Height: 229 mm
Item Weight: 858 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Milan M. Cirkovic, Nick Bostrom
Subject Area: Economic Sociology, Assessment
Item Width: 156 mm
Format: Paperback
