100 års katastrofer i medierne
Torsdag den 23. august 2012 udkom 100 års katastrofer – en stærkt revideret udgave af min otte år gamle katastrofebog Den menneskelige faktor. Bogen fik en modtagelse, som jeg slet ikke havde turdet drømme om. Herunder har jeg samlet links og henvisninger til en række medieomtaler og anmeldelser. Hvis nogen skulle støde på en omtale eller en […]
Do you believe?
On reading Ben Sherwood’s excellent “The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life” I stumbled across the interesting notion that religious people seem to have an edge over non-believers in life-threatening situations. Sherwood argues that there doesn’t appear to be much of a difference between followers of Christianity, Islam, or other […]
The new Titanic?
On Friday 13 (how ironic is that?) the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground on a rocky sandbar off the small island of Giglio in the Mediterranean Ocean. The rocks carved a 150 foot opening in the buttom of the ship, and water gushed in. Later it capsized and finally came to rest on […]