The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (832 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 023116954X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 104 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Based on sound scholarship and yet unafraid to speak boldly, this book provides a welcome moment of clarity amid the cacophony of climate change literature.. Dramatizing the science in ways traditional nonfiction cannot, the book reasserts the importance of scientists and the work they do and reveals the self-serving interests of the so called "carbon combustion complex" that have turned the practice of science into political fodder. Conway imagine a world devastated by climate change. Writing from the Second People's Republic of China on the 300th anniversary of the Great Collapse, a senior scholar presents a gripping and deeply disturbing account of how the children of the Enlightenmentthe political and economic elites of the so-called advanced industrial societiesfailed to act, and so brought about the collapse of Western civilization. In this haunting, provocative work of science-based fiction, Naomi Oreskes and Eric M. The year is 2393, and the world is almost unrecognizable. Clear warnings of climate catastrophe went ignored for decades, leading to soaring temperatures, rising sea levels, widespread drought andfinallythe disaster now known as the Great Collapse of 2093, when the disintegration of the West Antarctica Ice Sheet led t
Amazon Customer said Pay Attention to Naomi Oreskes.. Naomi Oreskes is an American hero. She has stood up against corporate interests to bring to a general audience clarity and understanding of climate change and the risks facing humanity. "Collapse" is difficult to handle from a psychological perspective - . "Well-thought-out speculative (semi)-fiction" according to John R Mashey. A pair of fine historians with strong science backgrounds have written a disturbing short book/extended essay. As a lifelong fan of speculative fiction, I've read many stories of world-scale disasters. Their future dystopia seems all too plausible, if the. "Disappointing" according to Mark Summers. I heard an interview with the author on NPR and thought The Collapse of Western Civilization sounded great. Unfortunately, the actual book disappointed.The book is billed as a fictional work about anthropologists in the future trying to uncover why climat
Erik M. Conway is a historian of science and technology employed by the California Institute of Technology. With Erik Conway, she is the author of Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming. Naomi Oreskes is professor of the history of science and affiliated professor of Earth and
Senator and Member, U.S. (Bill McKibben, founder 350)Packed with salient science, smart speculation and flashes of mordant humour. It should be required reading for anyone who worksor hopes toin Washington. midterm elections, on those who today deny climate change and advocate a hands-off approach by government, is what makes this work a must-read in the politics of climate change. (Nature)This science-historical fantasy is thought-provoking, but is it prescient? (Scientific American)A must-read What is science fiction today will someday be the history of real, live people billions of them. House of Representatives)Regret, Oreskes and Conway argue, is an equal-opportunity employer. Mann, director, Penn State Earth System Science Center, and author of The