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Genre/Form: | Nonfiction Miscellanea |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Brian Clegg |
ISBN: | 9780312598945 0312598947 9781250016492 pbk 1250016495 pbk |
OCLC Number: | 606786107 |
Description: | 294 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents: | Mad scientists -- Big bangs and black holes -- Atomic devastation -- Climate catastrophe -- Extreme biohazard -- Gray goo -- Information meltdown -- No longer human -- Future fears and natural pitfalls -- Cautious optimism. |
Responsibility: | Brian Clegg. |
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Abstract:
Climate change. Nuclear devastation. Bio-hazards. The Large Hadron Collider. What do these things have in common? They all have the potential to end our world. This book explores the reality of the dangers that science poses to the human race, from the classic fear of nuclear destruction to the possibilities for annihilation.
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