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02362cam a2200349 i 4500 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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UK-LoPHL |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20200827141158.0 |
| 007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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ta |
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200820s2020 enkabd 001|0|eng|d |
| 015 ## - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER |
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| National bibliography number |
GBC002257 |
| Source |
bnb |
| 016 7# - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC AGENCY CONTROL NUMBER |
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| Record control number |
019665334 |
| Source |
Uk |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781526600219 |
| Qualifying information |
hardback |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781526600226 |
| Qualifying information |
paperback |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781526600196 |
| Qualifying information |
electronic book |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(UkOxU)021895889 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
StDuBDS |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
StDuBDS |
| Modifying agency |
UkOxU |
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UK-LoPHL |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
303.49 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Ord, Toby, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1979- |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
122565 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The precipice : |
| Remainder of title |
existential risk and the future of humanity / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Toby Ord. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
London : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Bloomsbury Publishing, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2020. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
468 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations (black and white) |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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text |
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rdacontent |
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cartographic image |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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unmediated |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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| Carrier type term |
volume |
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rdacarrier |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"We live during the most important era of human history. In the twentieth century, we developed the means to destroy ourselves – without developing the moral framework to ensure we won't. This is the Precipice, and how we respond to it will be the most crucial decision of our time. Oxford moral philosopher Toby Ord explores the risks to humanity's future, from the familiar man-made threats of climate change and nuclear war, to the potentially greater, more unfamiliar threats from engineered pandemics and advanced artificial intelligence. With clear and rigorous thinking, Ord calculates the various risk levels, and shows how our own time fits within the larger story of human history. We can say with certainty that the novel coronavirus does not pose such a risk. But could the next pandemic? And what can we do, in our present moment, to face the risks head on? A major work that brings together the disciplines of physics, biology, earth and computer science, history, anthropology, statistics, international relations, political science and moral philosophy, The Precipice is a call for a new understanding of our age: a major reorientation in the way we see the world, our history, and the role we play in it."-- |
| Assigning source |
Taken from inside front cover. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Social prediction. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
46667 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Social ecology. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
46612 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Human ecology. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
24739 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
World politics |
| Chronological subdivision |
21st century. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
49763 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type |
Book |
| Suppress in OPAC |
Do not suppress in OPAC |