| Physical description |
viii, 228 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
2. Technology Shock 9 -- 3. Doomsday Clock: Have We Been Lucky to Survive This Long? 25 -- 4. Post-2000 Threats: Terror and Error 41 -- 5. Perpetrators and Palliatives 61 -- 6. Slowing Science Down? 73 -- 7. Baseline Natural Hazards: Asteroid Impacts 89 -- 8. Human Threats to Earth 99 -- 9. Extreme Risks: A Pascalian Wager 115 -- 10. Doomsday Philosophers 135 -- 11. End of Science? 141 -- 12. Does Our Fate Have Cosmic Significance? 157 -- 13. Beyond Earth 169. |
| Summary |
A scientist known for unraveling the complexities of the universe over millions of years, Sir Rees now warns that humankind is potentially the maker of its own demise--and that of the cosmos. With clarity and precision, he maps out the ways technology could destroy the species and foreclose the potential of a living universe whose evolution has just begun. |
| Subject |
Twenty-first century -- Forecasts.
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Disasters -- Forecasts.
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End of the world.
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| ISBN |
0465068626 (alkaline paper) |
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