Julian Cribb: Surviving the 21st Century

Cover: 9783319412696 | Surviving the 21st Century | Julian Cribb | Taschenbuch | Paperback

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Beschreibung

The book explores the central question facing humanity today: how can we best survive the ten great existential challenges that are now coming together to confront us? Besides describing these challenges from the latest scientific perspectives, it also outlines and integrates the solutions, both at global and individual level and concludes optimistically. This book brings together in one easy-to-read work the principal issues facing humanity. It is written for the two next generations who will have to deal with the compounding risks they inherit, and which flow from overpopulation, resource pressures and human nature.

The author examines ten intersecting areas of activity (mass extinction, resource depletion, WMD, climate change, universal toxicity, food crises, population and urban expansion, pandemic disease, dangerous new technologies and self-delusion) which pose manifest risks to civilization and, potentially, to our species¿ long-term future. This isn¿t a book just about problems. It is also about solutions. Every chapter concludes with clear conclusions and consensus advice on what needs to be done at global level ¿but it also empowers individuals with what they can do for themselves to make a difference. Unlike other books, it offers integrated solutions across the areas of greatest risk. It explains why Homo sapiens is no longer an appropriate name for our species, and what should be done about it.

Über den Autor

Julian Cribb is an Australian author and science writer. A former newspaper editor and science communicator; his published work includes over 8000 articles, 3000 science media releases and nine books. He has received more than 30 awards for journalism and is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology, Science and Engineering and the Australian National University Emeritus Faculty.

His internationally-acclaimed book, The Coming Famine (University of California Press, 2010) explored the question of how we can feed 10 billion humans this century. His book Poisoned Planet (Allen and Unwin 2014) investigates the contamination of the Earth system and all humanity by man-made chemicals. Surviving the 21st Century is the third book in his trilogy about how humans can overcome the existential risks our success has brought upon us.

Zusammenfassung

Enriches understanding of humanity's greatest challenges and why we need to solve them

Shares many tips and insights into creative and collaborative ways of avoiding human extinction

Identifies the main approaches to dematerialzing the economy, ending "agribusiness" and cleaning up the earth

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword.- List of tables and figures.- Chapter 1. The Self-Worshipper (Homo suilaudans).- Chapter 2 The Terminator (Homo exterminans).- Chapter 3. The Degrader (Homo eversor).- Chapter 4. The Butcher (Homo carnifex).- Chapter 5: The Baker (Homo pistor).- Chapter 6. The Poisoner (Homo veneficus).- Chapter 7. The Devourer (Homo devorans).- Chapter 8. The Urbanite (Homo urbanus).- Chapter 9. The Self-Deceiver (Homo delusus).- Chapter 10. The Getting of Wisdom (Homo sapientior).

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Genre:	Mathematik , Medizin , Naturwissenschaften , Technik , Technik allg.
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	xiv 255 S. 17 farbige Illustr. 255 p. 17 illus. in color.
ISBN-13:	9783319412696
ISBN-10:	3319412698
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	978-3-319-41269-6
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Cribb, Julian
Auflage:	1st ed. 2017
Hersteller:	Springer International Publishing Springer International Publishing AG
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	235 x 155 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Julian Cribb
Erscheinungsdatum:	30.09.2016
Gewicht:	0,417 kg

Artikel-ID: 103744929