Explains the story of Bernard Madoff's financial scheme that swindled funds from thousands of investors for fifty billion dollars, and includes testimonials from victims and information on the failure of the scheme.
Posner argues that realism about science and scientists, innovative applications of cost-benefit analysis, a scientifically literate legal profession, unprecedented international cooperation, and a pragmatic attitude toward civil liberties ...
This is not a book on the great catastrophes of the West; it offers no canon of catastrophe, no history of the catastrophic. The End of Meaning asks, instead, what if meaning itself is a catastrophe?
In the book's final chapters, Keys delves into the mystery at the heart of this global catastrophe: Why did it happen? The answer, at once surprising and definitive, holds chilling implications for our own precarious geopolitical future.
The new edition of this non-mathematical review of catastrophe theory contains updated results and many new or expanded topics including delayed loss of stability, shock waves, and interior scattering.
... man battling the elements rather than men fighting each other , but their hardy scenarios have become a common ... Irwin Allen movies , though much better directed and much more intricately produced . An implacable killing force ...
Covering Catastrophe tells what it was like for TV and radio journalists to report the most terrifying story of their lives-and our time.
Wildfires, heat waves, flooding, droughts, and numerous other catastrophic scenarios manifest as a result. Use this volume to inform and alert your readers about this essential topic.
The essays in this collection examine representations of disaster in literature, film, and mass media in German and international contexts, exploring the nexus between disruption and recovery through narrative from the eighteenth century to ...
How a Massive Oil Spill Triggered an Environmental Catastrophe Michael Burgan. the water is moving slightly, but the water in Prince William Sound that day was calm. Even if the dispersants worked, there were not enough available to ...
Best-selling author Cass R. Sunstein examines how to avoid worst-case scenarios The world is increasingly confronted with new challenges related to climate change, globalization, disease, and technology.