Reset Filters
CLC: I - 文学
Language: Chinese
Branch: 嘉定嘉定镇

Cover is for reference only

Surviving the 21st century : humanity's ten great challenges and how we can overcome them /

"The book explores the central question facing humanity today: how can we best survive the ten great existential challenges that are now coming together to confront us? ... The author examines ten intersecting areas of activity (mass extinction, resource depletion, WMD, climate change, universa...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cribb, Julian
Published: Springer,
Publisher Address: Switzerland :
Publication Dates: [2017]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Global environmental change > Forecasting
Twenty-first century > Forecasts
Human ecology > Forecasting
Economic forecasting
Social prediction
Technological forecasting
Social problems > Forecasting
Environmental ethics
Summary: "The book explores the central question facing humanity today: how can we best survive the ten great existential challenges that are now coming together to confront us? ... The author examines ten intersecting areas of activity (mass extinction, resource depletion, WMD, climate change, universal toxicity, food crises, population and urban expansion, pandemic disease, dangerous new technologies and self-delusion) which pose manifest risks to civilization and, potentially, to our species' long-term future. This isn't a book just about problems. It is also about solutions. Every chapter conclud
Carrier Form: xiv, 255 pages : illustrations (some color), forms ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-245) and index.
ISBN: 9783319412696 (paperback) :
3319412698 (paperback)
Index Number: GF47
CLC: X16
Call Number: X16/C928
Contents: 1. The self-worshipper (homo suilaudans -- 2. The terminator (homo exterminans) -- 3. The degrader (homo eversor) -- 4. The butcher (homo carnifex) -- 5. The baker (homo pistor) -- 6. The poisoner (homo veneficus) -- 7. The devourer (homo devorans) -- 8. The urbanite (homo urbanus) -- 9. The self-deceiver (homo delusus) -- 10. The getter of wisdom (homo sapientior).

Related Book Recommendations