Our final hour : (Record no. 6178)
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fixed length control field | 030108s2003 nyu b 001 0 eng |
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
LC control number | 2003000301 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 0465068626 |
Qualifying information | (hbk. ; |
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International Standard Book Number | 9780465068623 |
Qualifying information | (hbk. ; |
-- | alk. paper) |
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International Standard Book Number | 0465068634 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9780465068630 |
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Canceled/invalid ISBN | 0046506826 |
Qualifying information | (hc) |
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
System control number | (OCoLC)51505779 |
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
Classification number | CB161 |
Item number | .R38 2003 |
055 #3 - CLASSIFICATION NUMBERS ASSIGNED IN CANADA | |
Classification number | CB161 |
Item number | .R38 2003 |
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 303.49/09/05 |
Edition information | 21 |
092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) | |
Classification number | 303.49 |
Item number | R328o |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Rees, Martin J., |
Dates associated with a name | 1942- |
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Our final hour : |
Remainder of title | a scientist's warning : how terror, error, and environmental disaster threaten humankind's future in this century on earth and beyond / |
Statement of responsibility, etc. | Martin Rees. |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Basic Books, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | viii, 228 pages ; |
Dimensions | 22 cm |
336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
Content type term | text |
Content type code | txt |
Source | rdacontent |
337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
Media type term | unmediated |
Media type code | n |
Source | rdamedia |
338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
Carrier type term | volume |
Carrier type code | nc |
Source | rdacarrier |
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-208) and index. |
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
Formatted contents note | Prologue -- Technology shock -- The doomsday clock: have we been lucky to survive this long? -- Post-2000 threats: terror and error -- Perpetrators and palliatives -- Slowing science down? -- Baseline natural hazards: asteroid impacts -- Human threats to earth -- Extreme risks: a Pascalian wager -- The doomsday philosophers -- The end of science? -- Does our fate have cosmic significance? -- Beyond earth -- Epilogue. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | Publisher's description: Bolstered by unassailable science and delivered in eloquent style, Our Final Hour's provocative argument that humanity has a mere 50/50 chance of surviving the next century has struck a chord with readers, reviewers, and opinion-makers everywhere. Rees's vision of our immediate future is both a work of stunning scientific originality and a humanistic clarion call on behalf of the future of life. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Twenty-first century |
Form subdivision | Forecasts. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Disasters |
General subdivision | Forecasting. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | End of the world. |
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Topical term or geographic name entry element | Catastrophes |
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650 #6 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Fin du monde. |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Disasters |
General subdivision | Forecasting. |
Source of heading or term | fast |
Authority record control number or standard number | (OCoLC)fst00894785 |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | End of the world. |
Source of heading or term | fast |
Authority record control number or standard number | (OCoLC)fst00909634 |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Twenty-first century. |
Source of heading or term | fast |
Authority record control number or standard number | (OCoLC)fst01159816 |
650 17 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Wetenschap. |
Source of heading or term | gtt |
650 17 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Milieurampen. |
Source of heading or term | gtt |
650 17 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Biologische wapens. |
Source of heading or term | gtt |
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Topical term or geographic name entry element | Risicoanalyse. |
Source of heading or term | gtt |
650 17 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Leven. |
Source of heading or term | gtt |
655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
Genre/form data or focus term | Forecasts. |
Source of term | fast |
Authority record control number or standard number | (OCoLC)fst01424052 |
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
Relationship information | Online version: |
Main entry heading | Rees, Martin J., 1942- |
Title | Our final hour. |
Place, publisher, and date of publication | |
Record control number | (OCoLC)988863807 |
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Materials specified | Table of contents |
Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy044/2003000301.html">http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy044/2003000301.html</a> |
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Materials specified | Contributor biographical information |
Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0832/2003000301-b.html">http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0832/2003000301-b.html</a> |
856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
Materials specified | Publisher description |
Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0832/2003000301-d.html">http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0832/2003000301-d.html</a> |
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-- | BOOK |
-- | 6/10/2020 |
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