forecasting

Examines issues and advances that affected education in the twentieth century, looking ahead to how changes in teacher development, curriculum, assessment, technology, and cognitive science will shape education in the twenty-first.

Contains twelve articles about books, discussing digital printing, the printed book market, e-books, and how publishers and libraries can meet the challenges presented by e-books.

The astrophysicist director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York discusses the future of space travel and the importance of its exploration for the United States' economy, security, and morale.

Discusses the factors that are altering the economies of the world's countries, looking at the end of communism, the rise of brainpower industries, changing demographics, global business, and the lack of a dominant world leader.

Explores potential future developments in architecture, including self-contained cities, as well as computerized blueprints and other technologies that are currently considered state-of-the-art.

Offers a theoretical prediction of how science will drastically change the world's daily lives over the next 100 years. Includes chapters on the future of the computer, Artificial Intelligence, medicine, nanotechnology, energy, space travel, wealth, and humanity, and offers a glimpse into what a day in the life in 2100 may be like.

A guide to librarianship based on knowledge and learning, describing the importance of reaching beyond the search for new uses for the Internet and twenty-first-century technologies, and providing a visual representation of the field with statements on theories, examples of practice, key ideas, and related topics.

Twenty-two essays debate issues related to the roles of technology, world health, the environment, and the global community in humanity's future, including human genetic enhancement, energy sources, pollution, genetically modified food, global warming, overpopulation, weapons of mass destruction, the gap between rich and poor nations, and several others.