Global Catastrophic Risks (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
576
Utgivningsdatum
2011-09-29
Förlag
Oxford University Press
Medarbetare
Cirkovic, Milan M.
Dimensioner
234 x 155 x 33 mm
Vikt
772 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780199606504

Global Catastrophic Risks

av Nick Bostrom, Milan M Cirkovic, Nick Bostrom, Milan M Cirkovic, Milan M Cirkovic
Häftad,  Engelska, 2011-09-29
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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. The book 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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Natural Hazards Observer Review from previous edition This volume is remarkably entertaining and readable...It's risk assessment meets science fiction.

Nature The book works well, providing a mine of peer-reviewed information on the great risks that threaten our own and future generations.

Martin J Rees (from foreword) We should welcome this fascinating and provocative book.

Nature [Provides] a mine of peer-reviewed information on the great risks that threaten our own and future generations.

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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, 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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