| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
406 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-391) and index. |
| Summary |
Examines threats that emerge from nature and those of our own making: asteroids, supervolcanoes, nuclear war, climate change, disease pandemics, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and extraterrestrial intelligence. The author details the true probability of these world-ending catastrophes, the impact on our lives were they to happen, and the best strategies for saving ourselves. |
| Subject |
End of the world (Astronomy)
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Extinction (Biology)
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Mass extinctions.
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Disasters.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
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| ISBN |
9780316449618 (hardcover) |
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031644961X (hardcover) |
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