Items related to Our Final Century? : Will the Human Race Survive the...

Our Final Century? : Will the Human Race Survive the Twenty-First Century? - Hardcover

Martin Rees

  • 3.58 out of 5 stars
    520 ratings by Goodreads
 
9780434008094: Our Final Century? : Will the Human Race Survive the Twenty-First Century?
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0434008095 ISBN 13: 9780434008094
Publisher: Heinemann, 2003

Synopsis

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.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

Sir Martin Rees FRS is the most eminent cosmologist in Britain, the Astronomer Royal and Professor at Cambridge. He lives in Cambridge.

Review

"Sir Martin is no doom merchant ... His prognostications, written in laymen's language, are all the more chilling for the reasonable tone in which they are expressed" * Sunday Telegraph * "Alarming, certainly, but alarmist never - Rees delivers his terrible prophecies with donnish understatement " * The Evening Standard * "One of the most provocative and unsettling books I have read for many years ... That a scientist so distinguished as Rees should air these fierce anxieties is a sign that something is amiss" -- J G Ballard * Daily Telegraph * "It matters that one should understand the provenance of this important and disturbing book. It is not another futurological diatribe saying that the end is nigh, but a lucid, calm, profoundly well-informed work by a distinguished scientist, whose humanity - evidenced by a serious ethical commitment and a quiet sense of humour- balances the dispassionate logic with which he surveys his subject: the multitude of threats facing humanity in the twenty-first century from error and terror in the nuclear, biological and environmental spheres" * Literary Review * "Rees does the maths of risk beautifully, as well as explaining the vital importance of understanding the fragility and cosmic smallness of the human present... The odds are small, but the risks are staggering, and that is Rees's excellent point in this thought-provoking book" * Sunday Times *

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Heinemann
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0434008095
ISBN 13 
9780434008094
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
240
Rating
  • 3.58 out of 5 stars
    520 ratings by Goodreads