Laurence C. Smith

The World in 2050

Four Forces Shaping Civilization's Northern Future

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A compelling portrait of the future and vividly relates the big challenges facing the world now.-Jared Diamond, New York Times bestselling author of Collapse and Guns, Germs, and SteelThe world's population is exploding, wild species are vanishing, and our environment is degrading. What kind of world are we leaving for our children and grandchildren? Just who will flourish-and who will fail-in our evolving world?Combining the lessons of geography and history with state-of-the-art model projections and analytical data, Guggenheim fellow Laurence C. Smith predicts how the eight nations of the Arctic Rim (including the United States) will… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-452-29747-0
EAN: 9780452297470
Produktnummer: 19433370
Verlag: Random House N.Y.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 352 S.
Masse: H20.5 cm x B13.6 cm x D1.9 cm 270 g
Gewicht: 270

Über den Autor

Laurence C. Smith earned his PhD at Cornell University, and is now professor and vice-chairman of geography and earth space sciences at the University of California in Los Angeles where he also lives.