Our Final Century: Will Civilisation Survive the Twenty-first Century?: The 50/50 Threat to Humanity's Survival

by Martin Rees (Author)

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  Paperback
  2004

  $3.25

  World authority on astrophysics, Sir Martin Rees, takes us on a journey through all the things which could wipe out mankind in the near future. From asteroids to disease to scientific discoveries gone wrong (from nanobots to the large Hadron collider) these are scenarios from disaster movies, analysed with a serious scientific eye. Some of these things definitely won't happen, some genuinely might - this is one book you won't be able to put down and which you'll never forget.

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  Hardcover
  2003

  $3.40

  It is suggested that we may be on the verge of destroying the planet on which we live. Whilst discussing various topics, including genetically engineered viruses, nanotechnology and pollution-induced envrionmental catastrophe, Sir Martin Rees demonstrates the risks we are taking, as well as the enormous difficulties of imposing limits upon them.

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  Paperback
  2004

  $15.99

  World authority on astrophysics, Sir Martin Rees, takes us on a journey through all the things which could wipe out mankind in the near future. From asteroids to disease to scientific discoveries gone wrong (from nanobots to the large Hadron collider) these are scenarios from disaster movies, analysed with a serious scientific eye. Some of these things definitely won't happen, some genuinely might - this is one book you won't be able to put down and which you'll never forget.