Émile P. Torres
Émile P. Torres is a philosopher and historian whose work focuses on existential threats to civilization and humanity, and the author of Human Extinction: A History of the Science and Ethics of Annihilation. @xriskology
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Science fiction met nuclear fission when Hungarian physicist Leó Szilárd pondered the explosive potential of nuclear energy.