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The weather of the future

heat waves, extreme storms, and other scenes from a climate-changed planet
2010
Examines research and projections about climate change to predict how global warming may affect various parts of the world if nothing is done to stop it.

America's top computer and technical jobs

detailed information on 112 major jobs at all levels of education and training
2003
Profiles 112 careers that require computer and technical skills, describing skills needed, education and training required, working conditions, pay, and outlook, and provides job search advice and sample resumes for jobs in the field.

The next decade

where we've been--and where we're going
2011
George Friedman speculates on the state of the world throughout the next ten years, describing a time in which labor shortages replace the current financial crisis, the wars in the Islamic world end, and China encounters a crisis.

Denialism

how irrational thinking hinders scientific progress, harms the planet, and threatens our lives
2009
Denialism provides insight into how to accurately assess the impact of science on our resources and daily lives. Evidence-based writing on the necessity to consider future impacts of technological choices made today.

Best jobs for the 21st century

2012
Examines sixty-five appealing jobs in the twenty-first-century market, and features five hundred ranked job descriptions with information on salary, required education, duties, projected growth, related titles, and more.

Art 21

art in the 21st century
2001
Companion book to Art for the Twenty-First Century, the first broadcast series for national television to focus exclusively on contemporary visual art and artists in the United States today.

Mapping our genes

the Genome Project and the future of medicine
1991

Hacking matter

levitating chairs, quantum mirages, and the infinite weirdness of programmable atoms
2004
Explores the possibility of science being able to manipulate electronic, optical, thermal, magnetic, and mechanical properties of matter and discusses the implications this kind of technology will have on a variety of possible products.

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