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Catastrophe : Risk and Response, Paperback by Posner, Richard A., Brand New, ...

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Topic: General, Disasters & Disaster Relief gtin13: 9780195306477 Number of Pages: 336 Pages Item Length: 5.6 in Item Weight: 15 oz Publication Year: 2005 Item Width: 8.7 in Illustrator: Yes Format: Trade Paperback Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated Language: English Author: Richard A. Posner Item Height: 0.9 in ISBN: 9780195306477 Genre: Law, Social Science Book Title: Catastrophe : Risk and Response

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Catastrophe : Risk and Response, Paperback by Posner, Richard A., ISBN 0195306473, ISBN-13 9780195306477, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Catastrophic risks are much greater than is commonly appreciated. Collision with an asteroid, runaway global warming, voraciously replicating nanomachines, a pandemic of gene-spliced smallpox launched by bioterrorists, and a world-ending accident in a high-energy particle accelerator, are
among the possible extinction events that are sufficiently likely to warrant careful study. How should we respond to events that, for a variety of psychological and cultural reasons, we find it hard to wrap our minds around? Posner argues that realism about science and scientists, innovative
applications of cost-benefit analysis, a scientifically literate legal profession, unprecedented international cooperation, and a pragmatic attitude toward civil liberties are among the keys to coping effectively with the catastrophic risks.

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