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Informationen zum Autor Duncan Needham is Dean and Senior Tutor of Darwin College, Director of the Centre for Financial History, a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Risk Studies, and an Associate Lecturer at the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge. Julius Weitzdörfer is Director of Studies in Law and a former Charles and Katharine Darwin Research Fellow at Darwin College, a Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, and an Affiliated Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge. Klappentext Essays by leading intellectuals and public figures explore extreme events, environments, and achievements. Zusammenfassung Arising from the 2017 Darwin College Lectures! leading intellectuals and public figures explore a range of 'extreme' events! environments! and achievements. Topics include the 2008 financial crisis! President Trump's election! Brexit! the war in Syria! climate change! medical advances! ocean exploration! and cosmology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; On the notion of 'extremes' Julius F. W. Weitzdörfer; 1. Dealing with extremism David Runciman; 2. Extreme weather Emily Shuckburgh; 3. Probability, risk, and extremes Nassim Nicholas Taleb; 4. Extreme rowing Roz Savage; 5. Extremes of war: stories of survival from Syria Lyse Doucet; 6. Extreme politics: the four waves of national populism in the West Matthew Goodwin; 7. Extreme longevity Sarah Harper; 8. Extremes of power in the universe Andrew C. Fabian; Index.
