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Collision with an asteroid, runaway global warming, a pandemic of gene-spliced smallpox launched by bioterrorists, and a world-ending accident in a high-energy particle accelerator, are among the extinction events that are sufficiently likely to warrant careful study. How should we respond to events that, for a variety of reasons, we find it hard to wrap our minds around? Posner argues that realism about science and scientists, innovative applications of cost-benefit analysis, a scientifically literate legal profession, unprecedented international cooperation, and a pragmatic attitude toward civil liberties are among the keys to coping effectively.
$31.95
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Published: 08 December 2005
336 Pages | 6 line illus.
6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches
ISBN: 9780195306477
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Richard A. Posner
Brian Langille
Sijbren Cnossen
Chris Woods
Richard A. Posner
Lucas Lixinski
Eckart Woertz
Samuel Issacharoff
Kate Bedford
Lorenzo Codogno and Giampaolo Galli
Sara Dubow
Jean Thomas
Claire Crawford, Lorraine Dearden, John Micklewright...
Goodwin Liu, Pamela S. Karlan, and Christopher H. Schroeder
Richard Revesz and Jack Lienke
William K. Roche, Philip J. O'Connell, and Andrea Prothero
Collision with an asteroid, runaway global warming, a pandemic of gene-spliced smallpox launched by bioterrorists, and a world-ending accident in a high-energy particle accelerator, are among the extinction events that are sufficiently likely to warrant careful study. How should we respond to events that, for a variety of reasons, we find it hard to wrap our minds around? Posner argues that realism about science and scientists, innovative applications of cost-benefit analysis, a scientifically literate legal profession, unprecedented international cooperation, and a pragmatic attitude toward civil liberties are among the keys to coping effectively.
$31.95
Paperback
Published: 08 December 2005
336 Pages | 6 line illus.
6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches
ISBN: 9780195306477
Ebook
This title is available as an ebook. To purchase, visit your preferred ebook provider.
Bookseller Code (04)
Richard A. Posner
Brian Langille
Sijbren Cnossen
Chris Woods
Richard A. Posner
Lucas Lixinski
Eckart Woertz
Samuel Issacharoff
Kate Bedford
Lorenzo Codogno and Giampaolo Galli
Sara Dubow
Jean Thomas
Claire Crawford, Lorraine Dearden, John Micklewright...
Goodwin Liu, Pamela S. Karlan, and Christopher H. Schroeder
Richard Revesz and Jack Lienke
William K. Roche, Philip J. O'Connell, and Andrea Prothero
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