forecasting

The author describes a world where the United States will no longer dominate the global economy, maintaining that the economic growth of other nations like China, India, and Russia have challenged America's standing around the world.

This book traces the possible consequences of a global super-plague, with ideas and evidence based on similar scenarios from fact and fiction.

Provides descriptions of nearly five hundred jobs that have average annual earnings of $40,000 or more, a projected growth rate of ten percent or more, and 100,000 or more openings each year; and features lists that group the jobs by interests, age, gender, and other criteria.

Provides descriptions of the 141 jobs predicted to have the most openings through the year 2008, each with information on required skills, education, and training; pay, working conditions, advancement opportunities, and nature of work.

Explores how the resource of water has diminished and what can be done to improve the resource.

"What would the world look like if America were to reduce its role as a global leader in order to focus all its energies on solving its problems at home? And is America really in decline? Robert Kagan ... paints a vivid, alarming picture of what the world might look like if the United States were truly to let its influence wane"--Flap p. 1 of dust jacket.

Contains twenty-five essays by some of the world's most visionary scientists in which they speculate upon where advances in cosmology, mathematics, genetics, and other areas of science and technology may lead in the near future.

The author explains why he believes that African-Americans and whites are forced into a type of slavery by a society that values money over humanity.

Examines the role of science and technology in predicting earthquakes, explaining how and why earthquakes happen, discussing their relationship to tsunamis, and looking at the challenges of trying to anticipate movements in Earth's crust.

A military expert reveals how science fiction is fast becoming reality on the battlefield, changing not just how wars are fought, but also the politics, economics, laws, and ethics that surround war itself.