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020 a| 9780231169547 (pbk. : alk. paper);

020 a| 023116954X (pbk. : alk. paper);

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050 00 a| CB158b| .O64 2014;

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100 1 a| Oreskes, Naomie| author.=| ^A415243;

245 14 a| The collapse of Western civilization :b| a view from the future /c| Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway.;

264 1 a| New York :b| Columbia University Press,c| [2014];

300 a| x, 89 pages :b| map ;c| 18 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-89).;

505 0 a| Introduction -- The coming of the penumbral age -- The frenzy of fossil fuels -- Market failure -- Epilogue.;

520 a| In 2393, a historian of the Second People's Republic of China reviews the "Penumbral Age" (1988-2093), when politicians, corporations, and scientists ignored the statistical significance of climate disaster. Carbon dioxide warming the planet, deadly summer heat and fires, and the collapse of the West Antarctica Ice Sheet lead to a second Black Death and "the Great Collapse" of the Western world.;

650 0 a| Civilization, Westernx| Forecasting.=| ^A22776;

650 0 a| Civilization, Westerny| 21st century.=| ^A587680;

650 0 a| Science and civilization.=| ^A22460;

650 0 a| Progressx| Forecasting.=| ^A18216;

650 0 a| Twenty-first centuryv| Forecasts.=| ^A422073;

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650 7 a| Progressx| Forecasting.2| fast0| (OCoLC)fst01078724;

650 7 a| Science and civilization.2| fast0| (OCoLC)fst01108517;

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700 1 a| Conway, Erik M.,d| 1965-e| author.=| ^A792264;

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The collapse of Western civilization : a view from the future / Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway.

Author/creator	Oreskes, Naomi author.
Other author	Conway, Erik M., 1965- author.
Format	Book
Publication	New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Description	x, 89 pages : map ; 18 cm
Subjects	Civilization, Western--Forecasting. Civilization, Western--21st century. Science and civilization. Progress--Forecasting. Twenty-first century--Forecasts.

Contents	Introduction -- The coming of the penumbral age -- The frenzy of fossil fuels -- Market failure -- Epilogue.
Abstract	In 2393, a historian of the Second People's Republic of China reviews the "Penumbral Age" (1988-2093), when politicians, corporations, and scientists ignored the statistical significance of climate disaster. Carbon dioxide warming the planet, deadly summer heat and fires, and the collapse of the West Antarctica Ice Sheet lead to a second Black Death and "the Great Collapse" of the Western world.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-89).
Genre/form	Forecasts.
LCCN	2013048899
ISBN	9780231169547 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	023116954X (pbk. : alk. paper)

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