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Global catastrophic risks / edited by Nick Bostrom, Milan M. Ćirković.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Disasters--Forecasting.
- Disasters.
- Natural disasters.
- Risk assessment.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 554 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- A global catastrophic risk is a risk that has the potential to inflict serious damage to human well-being on a global scale. This text focuses on global catastrophic risks arising from natural catastrophes, nuclear war, terrorism, biological weapons, advanced nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, and social collapse.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2008.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9780191918100
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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