Crashes, crises, and calamities : how we can use science to read the early-warning signs / Len Fisher.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Basic Books, c2011Description: xviii, 233 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: 9780465021024 (hardback)Subject(s): Accidents -- Prevention | Natural disasters -- Forecasting | Science -- History | Science -- Social aspects | ScientistsDDC classification: 363.34/63 LOC classification: HV675 | .F49 2011Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book | University of Macedonia Library Βιβλιοστάσιο Α (Stack Room A) | Main Collection | HV675.F49 2011 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0013140649 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pt. 1. A potted pre-history of prognostication. Do animals have crystal balls? -- The future eclipsed -- Galileo's hell -- Pt. 2. How disasters happen. The stress of it all -- Runaway disaster -- The balance of nature and the nature of balance -- Pt. 3. Imminent catastrophes : reading the signs. The chaotic ecology of dragons -- Teetering on the brink of catastrophe -- Models and supermodels -- Beware of mathematicians -- Weak signals as major early-warning signs -- Summary : The future of forecasting.
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