{"product_id":"catastrophe-risk-and-response-paperback","title":"Catastrophe: Risk and Response - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard A. Posner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatastrophic risks are much greater than is commonly appreciated. Collision with an asteroid, runaway global warming, voraciously replicating nanomachines, a pandemic of gene-spliced smallpox launched by bioterrorists, and a world-ending accident in a high-energy particle accelerator, are among the possible extinction events that are sufficiently likely to warrant careful study. How should we respond to events that, for a variety of psychological and cultural 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 with the catastrophic risks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichard A. Posner\u003c\/strong\u003e is Judge of the U.S. Court Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School. He is the author of numerous books, including \u003cem\u003eOvercoming Law\u003c\/em\u003e a New York Times Book Review editors' choices for best book of 1995 and \u003cem\u003eAn Affair of State\u003c\/em\u003e, one of their choices for Best Book of the Year in 1999.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 8.86 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 08, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724591566911,"sku":"9780195306477","price":73.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ce5ebcc54504abe0ec9d91d87f1617cc.webp?v=1765103205","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/catastrophe-risk-and-response-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}