Worst-Case ScenariosHarvard University Press, 2009 M05 15 - 352 pages Nuclear bombs in suitcases, anthrax bacilli in ventilators, tsunamis and meteors, avian flu, scorchingly hot temperatures: nightmares that were once the plot of Hollywood movies are now frighteningly real possibilities. How can we steer a path between willful inaction and reckless overreaction? |
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... develop a nuclear weapon , we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response . " 1 For especially horrific outcomes , it is tempting to think that a 1 percent chance should be treated as a certainty . In so suggesting , Vice ...
... developing world , even though China is likely to be the world's largest greenhouse gas emitter in the near future . And it is likely to be violated by many of its signatories , in- cluding several European nations . The task is to ...
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