Planet in Peril: Humanity's Four Greatest Challenges and How We Can Overcome Them

Author: Michael D. Bess (Vanderbilt University, Tennessee) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 452 Written by an award-winning historian of science and technology, Planet in Peril describes the top four mega-dangers facing humankind - climate change, nukes, pandemics, and artificial intelligence. It outlines the solutions that have been tried, and analyzes why they have thus far fallen short. These four existential dangers present a special kind of challenge that urgently requires planet-level responses, yet today's international institutions have so far failed...Read more