{"product_id":"surviving-the-21st-century-julian-cribb-9783319412696","title":"Surviving the 21st Century: Humanity's Ten Great Challenges and How We Can Overcome Them","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe book explores the central question facing humanity today: how can we best survive the ten great existential challenges that are now coming together to confront us? Besides describing these challenges from the latest scientific perspectives, it also outlines and integrates the solutions, both at global and individual level and concludes optimistically. This book brings together in one easy-to-read work the principal issues facing humanity. It is written for the two next generations who will have to deal with the compounding risks they inherit, and which flow from overpopulation, resource pressures and human nature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author examines ten intersecting areas of activity (mass extinction, resource depletion, WMD, climate change, universal toxicity, food crises, population and urban expansion, pandemic disease, dangerous new technologies and self-delusion) which pose manifest risks to civilization and, potentially, to our species' long-term future. This isn't a book just about problems. It is also about solutions. Every chapter concludes with clear conclusions and consensus advice on what needs to be done at global level --but it also empowers individuals with what they can do for themselves to make a difference. Unlike other books, it offers integrated solutions across the areas of greatest risk. It explains why \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e is no longer an appropriate name for our species, and what should be done about it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julian Cribb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3319412698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783319412696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2017","brand":"Julian Cribb","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43940772086015,"sku":"9783319412696","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_9e4a3048-0a4d-47aa-9054-a78c35cb4bef.jpg?v=1681449094","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/surviving-the-21st-century-julian-cribb-9783319412696","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}