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*****The future is on its way! This book about the future is updated (June, 2015), peer reviewed, and has over 300 references. Promotional price!*****

Are you intrigued by in the future? Curious about what life may be like some day and what we can do about it? Enjoy science? Then this book was written with you in mind. Science oriented yet readable, it is occasionally imaginative and with a touch of humor. The book offers possible scenarios spanning from the current century to nearly eternity. Most chapters also provide a concluding section with recommendations and often, agree or disagree, the author's opinions. Some recommendations apply to individuals, others to nations or other groups, and still others to the entire world.

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Discover "What it Means That an Hour's Work Yields a Week's Food" (chapter 1). Foresee the "Teeming Cities of Mars" (chap. 21). Learn why it's "Keyboards Yesterday, Mind Reading Tomorrow" (chap. 3). Have you ever wondered -- "Will Artificial Intelligence Threaten Civilization?" (See chap. 12.) Find out what will happen "When Genomes Get Cheap" (chap. 6). Prepare for a "Asteroid Apocalypse" (chap. 25). Explore why you would benefit from "Wiki-Wiki-Wikipedia" (chap. 4). Find out how we will "Live Anywhere, Work Anywhere Else" (chap. 2). See how the coming period "Tastes Like the Singularity" (chap. 15). Get smarter with "Smart Pills'n Such" (chap. 5). Experience a "Soylent Spring" (chap. 9). Understand nukes better by "Deconstructing Nonproliferation" (chap. 13). Get ready for a "Space Empire" (chap. 14). What is "Sic Transit Humanitas: The Transcent of Man" (chap. 26)? There's global warming, and there's "Warm, Poison Planet" (chap. 17). But don't forget about "Big Ice" (chap. 22). Things may really grow on trees with "New Plant Paradigms" (chap. 24). We all have "Questions" (chap. 31). And much more!

This book is aimed at the reader who is interested in the future and intrigued by science and technology.

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  • Publication Date: February 1, 2014
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Lending: Enabled
  • Print Length: 394 Pages
  • File Size: 2,407 KB

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