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The Fate Of The Species
Fred Guterl
Why the Human Race May Cause Its Own Extinction and How We Can Stop It
Bloomsbury
June 2012
On Sale: May 22, 2012
224 pages
ISBN: 160819258X
EAN: 9781608192588
Kindle: B007N6JEYW
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Non-Fiction
The sixth "mass extinction event" in the history of planet
Earth is currently under way, with over two hundred species
dying off every day. The cause of this seismic event is also
the source of the single biggest threat to human life: our
own inventions.But for all our talk about sea levels and
biotechnology, do we really know what our future will
actually look like? Will our immune systems be attacked by
so-called super bugs, always evolving, and more easily
spread than ever? Will the disappearance of numerous species
cripple the biosphere? And if it does, what happens then? In
this provocative, gripping book, Scientific American editor
Fred Guterl explores these and other looming scenarios in
vivid detail—the way they might really happen—and then
proffers the means to avoid them.We find ourselves in a
trap: Technology got us into this mess, and it’s also the
only thing that can help us survive it. Guterl’s riveting
book is a grand and necessary thought experiment, not merely
a scary story, but a fresh perspective on the world we’re
remaking, and a route to safe harbor.
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