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Warnings : finding Cassandras to stop catastrophes / Richard A. Clarke and R.P. Eddy.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First editionDescription: 405 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780062488022
  • 0062488023
Other title:
  • Finding Cassandras to stop catastrophes
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.1 23
LOC classification:
  • T10.68 .C53 2017
Contents:
Cassandra: From myth to reality -- The spook: Invasion of Kuwait -- The rebuilder: Hurricane Katrina -- The Arabist: The rise of ISIS -- The seismologist: Fukushima Nuclear Disaster -- The accountant: Madoff's Ponzi Scheme -- The inspector: Mine disaster -- The market analyst: The 2008 recession -- The Cassandra coefficient -- The computer scientist: Artificial intelligence -- The journalist: Pandemic disease -- The climate scientist: Sea-level rise -- The weatherman: Nuclear ice age -- The engineer: The internet of everything -- The planetary defender: Meteor strike -- The biologist: Gene editing -- Can you hear her now?
Summary: In Greek mythology, Cassandra foresaw calamities, but was cursed by the gods to be ignored. Modern-day Cassandras clearly predicted the disasters of Katrina, Fukushima, the Great Recession, the rise of ISIS, and many others. Like her, they were ignored. There are others right now warning of impending disasters, but how do we know which warnings are likely to be right? Through explorations in a variety of fields, the authors uncover a method to separate the accurate Cassandras from the crazy doomsayers.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks T10.68 .C53 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001452688

Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-389) and index.

In Greek mythology, Cassandra foresaw calamities, but was cursed by the gods to be ignored. Modern-day Cassandras clearly predicted the disasters of Katrina, Fukushima, the Great Recession, the rise of ISIS, and many others. Like her, they were ignored. There are others right now warning of impending disasters, but how do we know which warnings are likely to be right? Through explorations in a variety of fields, the authors uncover a method to separate the accurate Cassandras from the crazy doomsayers.

Cassandra: From myth to reality -- The spook: Invasion of Kuwait -- The rebuilder: Hurricane Katrina -- The Arabist: The rise of ISIS -- The seismologist: Fukushima Nuclear Disaster -- The accountant: Madoff's Ponzi Scheme -- The inspector: Mine disaster -- The market analyst: The 2008 recession -- The Cassandra coefficient -- The computer scientist: Artificial intelligence -- The journalist: Pandemic disease -- The climate scientist: Sea-level rise -- The weatherman: Nuclear ice age -- The engineer: The internet of everything -- The planetary defender: Meteor strike -- The biologist: Gene editing -- Can you hear her now?

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