Minutes to Midnight, 2nd Edition

by Paul Dukes

In 1947, the Doomsday Clock was created by a group of atomic scientists to symbolise the perils facing humanity from nuclear weapons. In 2007, it was set five minutes before the final bell, including for the first time the threat of climate change as well as new developments in the life sciences and nanotechnology. This book aims at an analysis of the evolution of our present predicament throughout the Anthropocene Era beginning in 1763, making...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785274988
• ISBN13: 9781785274985
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"