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Last Call: Humanity Hanging From A Cross Of Iron And Our Escape To Another Planet (Hardcover)
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Last Call: Humanity Hanging From A Cross Of Iron And Our Escape To Another Planet (Hardcover)
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This book tries to look at human thought and action from a
scientific perspective, and in the process, acquaints the reader
with essential concepts about science and its history. It takes a
broad look at our present troubles without overlooking some crucial
historical, religious, and political causes but places science at
the center stage.The author applies what he has learned throughout
his career to go beyond science. After an introduction setting the
scene and a review of the 'scientific temper' and the inexcusable
ignorance of science by some leaders and many followers, the author
turns his sharp vision to look at other issues. The most
significant challenges are critical and global: climate change
caused by our activities, stockpiles of nuclear weapons that are a
constant threat, population growth, and increasing inequality at
all levels. These problems do have a profound ethical character and
threaten to end forever with our misery, producing a 'catastrophic
convergence'.Written with rigor for all readers, with many
references and infused with relevant quotations, the author's
message is clear: we need to change our ways drastically and
urgently, now or never. But he offers not much in terms of a
solution, something done by many authors to sweeten the pill,
because as he argues, beyond lofty declarations, there is no real
solution as the clock runs down, leading to his dystopian view of
the future.
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