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The Next Fifty Years

Science in the First Half of the Twenty-first Century (Vintage)

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A brilliant ensemble of the world’s most visionary scientists provides twenty-five original never-before-published essays about the advances in science and technology that we may see within our lifetimes.

Theoretical physicist and bestselling author Paul Davies examines the likelihood tContinue

A brilliant ensemble of the world’s most visionary scientists provides twenty-five original never-before-published essays about the advances in science and technology that we may see within our lifetimes.

Theoretical physicist and bestselling author Paul Davies examines the likelihood that by the year 2050 we will be able to establish a continuing human presence on Mars. Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi investigates the ramifications of engineering high-IQ, geneticially happy babies. Psychiatrist Nancy Etcoff explains current research into the creation of emotion-sensing jewelry that could gauge our moods and tell us when to take an anti-depressant pill. And evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins explores the probability that we will soon be able to obtain a genome printout that predicts our natural end for the same cost as a chest x-ray. (Will we want to read it? And will insurance companies and governments have access to it?) This fascinating and unprecedented book explores not only the practical possibilities of the near future, but also the social and political ramifications of the developments of the strange new world to come.

Also includes original essays by:

Lee Smolin
Martin Rees
Ian Stewart
Brian Goodwin
Marc D. Hauser
Alison Gopnik
Paul Bloom
Geoffrey Miller
Robert M. Sapolsky
Steven Strogatz
Stuart Kauffman
John H. Holland
Rodney Brooks
Peter Atkins
Roger C. Schank
Jaron Lanier
David Gelernter
Joseph LeDoux
Judith Rich Harris
Samuel Barondes
Paul W. Ewald

Critics

  • 'Hot' Holds Our Feet to the Coming Fire

    Fear of climate change is only natural, and it is perhaps inevitable that some people take refuge in denial. One father I met in San Francisco, a city proud of its green consciousness, told me that he deliberately avoided news about climate change – ... (read full critics)

    popmatters published on Mon, 28 Feb 2011

  • The Worst Is Yet to Be

    Prolific writer Vaclav Smil characterizes his latest book, Global Catastrophes and Trends, as “a multifaceted attempt to identify major factors that will shape the global future and to evaluate their probabilities and potential impacts.” Smil is flue ... (read full critics)

    americanscientist published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

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  • Check out the post in my blog: http://lunairereadings.blogspot.com/2010/06/next-fifty-…

    "The Next Fifty Years" is a bet for how the world will look like not to far away in the future. There are a lot of disturbing data that can make the reader feel a little stressed about their children's ... (continue)

    Check out the post in my blog: http://lunairereadings.blogspot.com/2010/06/next-fifty-…

    "The Next Fifty Years" is a bet for how the world will look like not to far away in the future. There are a lot of disturbing data that can make the reader feel a little stressed about their children's future, but there are also a lot of good news such as the claim that unemployment will be almost unexistent because there are so many new organizations that need talent ... good news for skilled workers, though bad news for unskilled human beings that will be struggling for their lives as they have always done.

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 320 Pages
  • Edition: 1st
  • ISBN-10: 0375713425
  • ISBN-13: 9780375713422
  • Publisher: Vintage
  • Pub date: May 14, 2002
  • Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
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