Doomsday Scenarios

by Noah Berlatsky

Book Overview

This fascinating collection of essays offer opposing opinions on whether predictions of the end of the world should be taken seriously. Readers will evaluate religiously based ideas of the end of the world, and the ways humans might bring about or prevent global disasters. Will global warming cause a planetwide catastrophe? Does artificial intelligence pose a doomsday threat? Can psychological factors explain apocalyptic doomsday cults? Is a nuclear...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0737757213
• ISBN13: 9780737757217
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12