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Global Catastrophes and Trends: The Next Fifty Years by Vaclav Smil

MIT Press, 2008, 307 p., $29.95

By Science News

- More than 2 years ago

A tempered and practical look at the trends driving change in the 21st century.

A version of this article appears in the November 8, 2008 issue of Science News.

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