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Fred Guterl
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
Publication date
May 21, 2013
Pages
209
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781608192601
ISBN-10
1608192601
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.75 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.50 lbs.
Original list price
$17.00
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: For all the pessimistic talk about the apocalypse, we still really don't know what humanity's future will ultimately look like. Where will our sea levels be? Will avian flu wipe us off the planet? Will computer viruses throw us into darkness and chaos? In this imaginative, gripping book, Fred Guterl, the executive editor of Scientific American, explores six looming scenarios in vivid detail--the way they might really happen. And along the way produces a portrait of where we are today, where we can be with the right effort, and where we might wind up if we're not careful.We find ourselves in a trap: Technology got us into this mess, and it's also the only thing that can help us survive it. Guterl's riveting book is a grand and necessary thought experiment, not merely a scary story, but a fresh perspective on the world we're remaking, which rings a note of optimism about what we're capable of.
Editions
Hardcover
from Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA (May 22, 2012)
9781608192588 | details & prices | 209 pages | 6.50 × 9.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $25.00
About: The sixth "mass extinction event" in the history of planet Earth is currently under way, with over two hundred species dying off every day.
About: The sixth "mass extinction event" in the history of planet Earth is currently under way, with over two hundred species dying off every day.
Paperback
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Reprint edition from Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA (May 21, 2013)
9781608192601 | details & prices | 209 pages | 5.75 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $17.00
About: For all the pessimistic talk about the apocalypse, we still really don't know what humanity's future will ultimately look like.
About: For all the pessimistic talk about the apocalypse, we still really don't know what humanity's future will ultimately look like.
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