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Global Catastrophic Risks - Softcover

Bostrom, Nick

 
9780199606504: Global Catastrophic Risks
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0199606501 ISBN 13: 9780199606504
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, 2011

Synopsis

25 leading experts look at the gravest risks facing humanity in the 21st century

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About the Author

Nick Bostrom, PhD, is Director of the Future of Humanity Institute, in the James Martin 21st Century School, at Oxford University. He previously taught at Yale University in the Department of Philosophy and in the Yale Institute for Social and Policy Studies. Bostrom has served as an expert consultant for the European Commission in Brussels and for the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington DC. He has advised the British Parliament, the European Parliament, and many other public bodies on issues relating to emerging technologies.

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.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0199606501
ISBN 13 
9780199606504
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
560