End times : a brief guide to the end of the world : asteroids, supervolcanoes, rogue robots, and more
In End Times, Walsh 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. Walsh 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, all pulled from his rigorous and deeply thoughtful reporting and research.
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- ISBN: 9780316449618
- Physical Description 406 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition First edition.
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2019.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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End Times : A Brief Guide to the End of the World
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Table of Contents
End Times : A Brief Guide to the End of the World
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Introduction | p. 1 | |
1 | Asteroid: The Universe Is Trying to Kill Us | p. 15 |
2 | Volcano: A Decade Without a Summer | p. 57 |
3 | Nuclear: The Final Curtain on Mankind | p. 87 |
4 | Climate Change: What Do We Owe the Future? | p. 127 |
5 | Disease: Twenty-First-Century Plague | p. 173 |
6 | Biotechnology: Engineering a Killer | p. 201 |
7 | Artificial Intelligence: Summoning the Demon | p. 235 |
8 | Aliens: Where Is Everybody? | p. 275 |
9 | Survival: The Day After | p. 307 |
10 | The End: Why We Fight | p. 327 |
Acknowledgments | p. 339 | |
Notes | p. 343 | |
Index | p. 392 |