forecasting

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.

Profiles twenty-five jobs that offer salaries higher than the national median of $29,900, have fast growth, and have many new openings; each profile describes job duties, work environment, educational and training requirements, advancement opportunities, earnings, and outlook and provides advice for beginners.

A collection of twelve essays that offers varying perspectives on issues related to newspapers, discussing whether or not they are becoming extinct, how they can survive, the influence of blogs on journalism, and more.

Discusses future developments in transport technology.

Describes the destructive forces of hurricanes and tornadoes, explaining what causes them, how they have caused damage in the past, and how meteorologists predict them.

"A look at potential future developments in transportation, including privately operated spacecraft, as well as electric cars and other technologies that are currently considered state-of-the-art"--Provided by publisher.