Minutes to midnight history and the Anthropocene era from 1763 /

"The Doomsday Clock was created in 1947 by a group of atomic scientists to symbolise the perils facing humanity from nuclear weapons. In 2007 it was set at five minutes before the final bell, including for the first time the threat of climate change as well as new developments in the life scien...

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Autor Principal: Dukes, Paul, 1934-
Autor Corporativo: ebrary, Inc
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Anthem Press, 2011.
Series:Anthem world history.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Preface 1. Introduction: Times and Approaches 2. Enlightenment and Revolutions, 1763-1815 3. Nations and -Isms, 1815-1871 4. Natural Selection, 1871-1921 5. From Relativity to Totalitarianism, 1921-1945 6. Superpower, 1945-1968 7. Planet Earth, 1968-1991 8. Minutes to Midnight, 1991- Notes.