كتاب Our Final Hour

A scientist known for unraveling the complexities of the universe over millions of years, Sir Martin Rees now warns that humankind is potentially the maker of its own demise -- and that of the cosmos. Though the twenty-first century could be the critical era in which life on Earth spreads beyond our solar system, it is just as likely that we have endangered the future of the entire universe. With clarity and precision, Rees maps out the ways technology could destroy our species and thereby foreclose the potential of a living universe whose evolution has just begun. Rees boldly forecasts the startling risks that stem from our accelerating rate of technological advances. We could be wiped out by lethal "engineered" airborne viruses, or by rogue nano-machines that replicate catastrophically. Experiments that crash together atomic nuclei could start a chain reaction that erodes all atoms of Earth, or could even tear the fabric of space itself. Through malign intent or by mistake, a single event could trigger global disaster. Though we can never completely safeguard our future, increased regulation and inspection can help us to prevent catastrophe. Rees's vision of the infinite future that we have put at risk -- a cosmos more vast and diverse than any of us has ever imagined -- is both a work of stunning scientific originality and a humanistic clarion call on behalf of the future of life.
مارتن ريس - مارتن جون ريس (بالإنجليزية: Martin John Rees)‏ (ولد في 23 يونيو 1942 يورك، إنجلترا هو عالم بريطاني في الكونيات والفيزياء الفلكية. وهو فلكي ملكي منذ عام 1995 حصل على ماجستير من كلية ترينيتي في كامبريدج 2004-2012 ورئيس الجمعية الملكية بين عامي 2005 و 2010.❰ له مجموعة من الإنجازات والمؤلفات أبرزها ❞ منظور جديد لكونيات الفيزياء الفلكية ❝ ❞ فقط ستة ارقام القوى العظمى التي تشكل الكون ❝ ❞ Just Six Numbers ❝ ❞ Our Final Hour ❝ ❞ On the Future ❝ ❞ ساعتنا الأخيرة ❝ ❞ Gravity's Fatal Attraction ❝ ❞ If Science is to Save Us ❝ الناشرين : ❞ المركز القومي للترجمة ❝ ❞ دار العين للنشر ❝ ❞ مركز رواسخ ❝ ❱
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