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Milan M. Cirkovic, PhD, is a senior research associate of the Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade, (Serbia) and a professor of Cosmology at Department of Physics, University of Novi Sad (Serbia). He received both his PhD in Physics and his MSc in Earth and Space Sciences from the State University of New York at Stony Brook (USA) and his BSc in Theoretical Physics was received from the University of Belgrade.
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction
- I Background
- Long-term astrophysical processes
- Evolution theory and the future of humanity
- Millenial tendencies in responses to apocalyptic threats
- Cognitive biases potentially affecting judgement of global risks
- Observation selection effects and global catastrophic risks
- Systems-based risk analysis
- Catastrophes and insurance
- Public policy towards catastrophe
- II Risks from Nature
- Super-volcanism and other geophysical processes of catastrophic import
- Hazards from comets and asteroids
- Influence of Supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, solar flares, and cosmic rays on the terrestrial environment
- III Risks from Unintended Consequences
- Climate change and global risk
- Plagues and pandemics: past, present, and future
- Artificial Intelligence as a positive and negative factor in global risk
- Big troubles, imagined and real
- IV Risks from hostile acts
- Catastrophe, social collapse, and and human extinction
- The continuing threat of nuclear war
- Catastrophic nuclear terrorism: a preventable peril
- Biotechnology and biosecurity
- Nanotechnology as global catastrophic risk
- The totalitarian threat
- Author's biographies
- Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Populäre Darstellungen |
| Genre: | Geowissenschaften |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 576 |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780199606504 |
| ISBN-10: | 0199606501 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: |
Bostrom, Nick
Cirkovic, Milan M. |
| Redaktion: |
Cirkovic, Milan M.
Bostrom, Nick |
| Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
| Maße: | 233 x 156 x 38 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Milan M. Cirkovic (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 29.09.2011 |
| Gewicht: | 0,858 kg |
Milan M. Cirkovic, PhD, is a senior research associate of the Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade, (Serbia) and a professor of Cosmology at Department of Physics, University of Novi Sad (Serbia). He received both his PhD in Physics and his MSc in Earth and Space Sciences from the State University of New York at Stony Brook (USA) and his BSc in Theoretical Physics was received from the University of Belgrade.
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction
- I Background
- Long-term astrophysical processes
- Evolution theory and the future of humanity
- Millenial tendencies in responses to apocalyptic threats
- Cognitive biases potentially affecting judgement of global risks
- Observation selection effects and global catastrophic risks
- Systems-based risk analysis
- Catastrophes and insurance
- Public policy towards catastrophe
- II Risks from Nature
- Super-volcanism and other geophysical processes of catastrophic import
- Hazards from comets and asteroids
- Influence of Supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, solar flares, and cosmic rays on the terrestrial environment
- III Risks from Unintended Consequences
- Climate change and global risk
- Plagues and pandemics: past, present, and future
- Artificial Intelligence as a positive and negative factor in global risk
- Big troubles, imagined and real
- IV Risks from hostile acts
- Catastrophe, social collapse, and and human extinction
- The continuing threat of nuclear war
- Catastrophic nuclear terrorism: a preventable peril
- Biotechnology and biosecurity
- Nanotechnology as global catastrophic risk
- The totalitarian threat
- Author's biographies
- Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Populäre Darstellungen |
| Genre: | Geowissenschaften |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 576 |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780199606504 |
| ISBN-10: | 0199606501 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: |
Bostrom, Nick
Cirkovic, Milan M. |
| Redaktion: |
Cirkovic, Milan M.
Bostrom, Nick |
| Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
| Maße: | 233 x 156 x 38 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Milan M. Cirkovic (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 29.09.2011 |
| Gewicht: | 0,858 kg |
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