Global Catastrophes and Trends : The Next 50 Years by Vaclav Smil

Cambridge, Mass. : The MIT Press, 2008.

Engineering Library, GB5014 .S58 2008

From the Publisher: “In this provocative book, scientist Vaclav Smil takes a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary look at the catastrophes and trends the next fifty years may bring. This is not a book of forecasts or scenarios but one that reminds us to pay attention to, and plan for, the consequences of apparently unpredictable events and the ultimate direction of long-term trends.”

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