René Ostberg
Encyclopædia Britannica Editor
René Ostberg is an associate editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Doomsday Clock, symbolic clock adopted by atomic scientists to show how close human beings are considered to be to a global catastrophe, with midnight standing for annihilation, or “doomsday.” Metaphorically, the clock’s minute hand moves closer to or farther from midnight, depending on the level…
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