forecasting

Explains the "black swan" phenomenon, which is an event characterized by its unpredictability, massive impact, and the explanations used to try and make it appear less random, and explores how "black swans" throughout history have influenced civilizations, religions, and governments.

A collection of essays in which one hundred scholars, authors, politicians, and other leading minds share what they think are the most revolutionary ideas that will change our lives.

Predicts events that will occur in the near and distant future, including "In the next three months, 1,000 households in Zimbabwe will be hooked up to solar electricity.".

Presents opposing viewpoints on the future of America through discussion of social, technological, economic, ecological, and political factors.

Discusses technological advances in home construction, transportation, communications, and energy development and forecasts developments for the future.

Examines the biodiversity of life on earth, the importance of all species, and how the destruction of habitats is causing setbacks.

Discusses possibilities for the future in the field of medicine based on new ways to fight disease and conquer pain already in progress.

Examines space travel, colonies in space, cloning, time travel, and other futuristic possibilities and explores the likelihood of their eventual existence.

Discusses the phenomenon of predicting the future, its history, philosophy, dangers, and different methods both mystical and scientific, from ancient arts such as astrology to modern weather forecasting and the study of earthquakes.

Compares what writers over the centuries have written about an imaginary future with the reality revealed by time.