Global Catastrophic Risks

Bostrom, Nick Nick Bostrom,

ISBN 10: 0199606501 / ISBN 13: 9780199606504

Published by Oxford University Press, USA, 2011

Seller Inventory # 6666-GRD-9780199606504

Synopsis:

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

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.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Global Catastrophic Risks
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication Date: 2011
Binding: paperback
Condition: New