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UNINA9910462825903321 |
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Autore |
Fava Sergio |
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Titolo |
Environmental apocalypse in science and art : designing nightmares / / Sergio Fava |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-94225-9 |
0-203-09471-9 |
1-136-20894-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (245 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in social and political thought ; ; 79 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Climatic changes - History |
Climatic changes - Forecasting |
Environmental disasters - History |
Environmental disasters - Forecasting |
Environmental risk assessment |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Environmental Apocalypse in Science and Art: Designing Nightmares; Copyright; Contents; Figures and Tables; Boxes; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; 1 Deadly Weather: Narratives of Nature and Agency During the Little Ice Age; 2 Counting the Days: John Napier's Exegesis and Mathematics; 3 Drawing the End: Inigo Jones' Banqueting House; 4 Assembling the Worldmachine: Mathematical Modelling of Climate Change; 5 Imagining Futures: The Special Report on Emission Scenarios; 6 Creating One Future: The Doomsday Vault; 7 Reclaiming Futures: Olafur Eliasson's Weather Project; Notes |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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At a time when it is clear that climate change adaptation and mitigation are failing, this book examines how our assumptions about (valid and usable) knowledge are preventing effective climate action. Through a cross-disciplinary, empirically-based analysis of climate science and policy, the book situates the failures of climate policy in the cultural |
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