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Table of Contents:
- 1. How (not) to look ahead
- 2. Fatal discontinuities. Natural catastrophes
- Encounters with extraterrestrial objects
- Volcanic mega-eruptions and collapses
- Influenza pandemics
- Violent conflicts
- Transformational wars
- Terrorist attacks
- Imaginable surprises
- 3. Unfolding trends. Energy transitions
- Dominant fuels, enduring prime movers
- Solar (nuclear?) civilization
- New world order
- Europe's place
- Japan's decline
- Islam's choice
- Russia's way
- China's rise
- The United States' retreat
- Place on top
- Dominance and decline
- Globalization and inequality
- 4. Environmental change. Global warming and its consequences
- Rising temperatures
- Ocean's rise, dynamics and composition
- Ecosystems and economies
- Other global changes
- Changing water and nitrogen cycles
- Loss of biodiversity and invasive species
- Antibiotic resistance
- Biosphere's integrity
- 5. Dealing with risk and uncertainty. Relative fears
- Quantifying the odds
- Rational attitudes
- Acting as risk minimizes
- The next 50 years.
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Language Notes:
- Item content: English
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General Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-295) and indexes.
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Physical Description:
- xi, 307 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Call Numbers:
- GB5014 .S58 2008
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ISBNs:
- 9780262195867 (hardcover, alk. paper)
0262195860 (hardcover, alk. paper)
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Library of Congress Control Numbers:
- 2007046675
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OCLC Numbers:
- 754964645
181517108 [Invalid]