Minutes to Midnight: History and the Anthropocene Era from 1763

by Paul Dukes and Paul Dukes

Book Overview

The Doomsday Clock was created in 1947 by a group of atomic scientists to symbolise the perils facing humanity from nuclear weapons. In 2007 it was set at 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: 085728780X
• ISBN13: 9780857287809
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"