forecasting

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.

Offers ideas about what the technologically advanced future might be like, based on interviews with over three hundred scientists, and includes descriptions of potential developments in medicine, computers, quantum physics, and space travel.

The author discusses predictions made in the past about technology's effects on everyday lives, including those of H.G. Wells, George Orwell, and Bill Gates, and makes predictions of his own based on research of such popular early twenty-first century topics as genetic engineering and global warming.

Discusses the future of science and technology in the next one hundred years, drawing from interviews with scientists in a wide variety of disciplines to make predictions about developments in the fields of computer science, biogenetics, and quantum physics.

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