Book contents
- Extremes
- The Darwin College Lectures
- Extremes
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- On the Notion of ‘Extremes’
- 1 Dealing with Extremism
- 2 Extreme Weather
- 3 Probability, Risk, and Extremes
- 4 Extreme Rowing
- 5 Extremes of War: Stories of Survival from Syria
- 6 Extreme Politics: The Four Waves of National Populism in the West
- 7 Extreme Longevity
- 8 Extremes of Power in the Universe
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 March 2019
- Extremes
- The Darwin College Lectures
- Extremes
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- On the Notion of ‘Extremes’
- 1 Dealing with Extremism
- 2 Extreme Weather
- 3 Probability, Risk, and Extremes
- 4 Extreme Rowing
- 5 Extremes of War: Stories of Survival from Syria
- 6 Extreme Politics: The Four Waves of National Populism in the West
- 7 Extreme Longevity
- 8 Extremes of Power in the Universe
- Index
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- Extremes , pp. 168 - 170Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019