Can humanity survive til the end of the century? If so, what do we need to watch out for? Is climate change the number one threat or is it pandemics, the internet, nuclear war or biotech that might do for us? Legendary cosmologist, astrophysicist and the Astronomer Royal Lord Martin Rees will mark your card. The author of Our Final Century says there’s good news and bad news. It might be the end of the world as we know it…but here’s how to feel fine (or at least marginally better).
Chair: Giles Whittell, Editor and Partner, Tortoise
This special ThinkIn is exclusively for Tortoise members.
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About the Author
Martin Rees is Astronomer Royal, and has been Master of Trinity College and Director of the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge University. As a member of the UK’s House of Lords and former President of the Royal Society, he is much involved in international science and issues of technological risk. His books include Our Cosmic Habitat (Princeton), Just Six Numbers, and Our Final Hour (published in the UK as Our Final Century). He lives in Cambridge, UK.