Global Catastrophic Risks
$81.08
- Paperback
576 pages
- Release Date
31 May 2011
Summary
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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199606504 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0199606501 |
| Author: | Nick Bostrom, Milan M. Cirkovic |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 576 |
| Release Date: | 31 May 2011 |
| Weight: | 858g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 156mm x 36mm |
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Critics Review
‘We should welcome this fascinating and provocative book.’ Martin J Rees (from foreword)
Review from previous edition This volume is remarkably entertaining and readable...It's risk assessment meets science fiction.'Natural Hazards ObserverThe book works well, providing a mine of peer-reviewed information on the great risks that threaten our own and future generations.‘NatureWe should welcome this fascinating and provocative book.'Martin J Rees (from foreword)[Provides] a mine of peer-reviewed information on the great risks that threaten our own and future generations.‘Nature
About The Author
Nick Bostrom
Nick Bostrom
Nick Bostrom, PhD, is Director of the Future of Humanity Institute, in the James Martin 21st Century School, at Oxford University. He previously taught at Yale University in the Department of Philosophy and in the Yale Institute for Social and Policy Studies. Bostrom has served as an expert consultant for the European Commission in Brussels and for the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington DC. He has advised the British Parliament, the European Parliament, and many other public bodies on issues relating to emerging technologies.
Milan M. Cirkovic
Milan M. Cirkovic, PhD, is a senior research associate of the Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade, (Serbia) and a professor of Cosmology at Department of Physics, University of Novi Sad (Serbia). He received both his PhD in Physics and his MSc in Earth and Space Sciences from the State University of New York at Stony Brook (USA) and his BSc in Theoretical Physics was received from the University of Belgrade.
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