Bibliograph

The blessings of disaster, the lessons that catastrophes teach us and why our future depends on it, Michel Bruneau

Type

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The blessings of disaster, the lessons that catastrophes teach us and why our future depends on it, Michel Bruneau

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The blessings of disaster

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1295380884

Responsibility statement

Michel Bruneau

Sub title

the lessons that catastrophes teach us and why our future depends on it

Summary

"The Blessings of Disaster draws on knowledge from multiple disciplines to illustrate how our civilization's future successes and failures in dealing with societal threats-be they pandemics, climate change, overpopulation, monetary collapse, and nuclear holocaust-can be predicted by observing how we currently cope with and react to natural and technological disasters"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Which little pig are you? -- Earthquakes happen because -- Earthquakes to tsunamis -- The water magnet -- Flood -- Tornado alley -- Sitting on a volcano -- Technological disasters -- Terrorist attacks -- Annoying doomsday scenarios -- Interlude -- The wonderful ability to forget -- Airport proctologists -- Statistical Hocus Pocus -- Life's casino -- Black swans -- The brain -- The mirrors we elect -- Earthquake damage happens because -- Fatalism -- a really short chapter -- Gloomy predictions -- The silent heroes -- Truth and lies about resilience -- Dollars are frequent flyer miles -- We're all cooked -- Elbow room -- Nuclear holocaust -- Act V

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