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- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 241 pages)
- Contents
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- As we may live / Vint Cerf
- A revolution in medicine / Francis S. Collins
- A tiny dot in cosmic time : a big period in human time / George F. Smoot
- What's ahead : figures don't lie? / Christian de Duve
- What a climatologist cannot know about the next 50 years (but what he does believe) / John R. Christy
- No more heart disease / Louis J. Ignarro
- The end of psychiatric illnesses / E. Fuller Torrey
- Simon Caplan's day / Arthur Caplan
- Fifty years from now : today's baby reaches middle age / Wanda Jones
- Blogging from the future / Craig Newmark
- Progress accelerates exponentially / Ray Kurzweil
- An economist predicts / Thomas C. Schelling
- Diary entry : 2058 / Chandrasekhar (Spike) Narayan
- Deciphering the mega-trends / James E. Cartwright
- The way we will be 50 years from today? / Jody Williams
- The era of great change is coming / Kim Dae-jung
- The future of crime / Ronald Noble
- The future of food / Norman E. Borlaug
- What does it mean to be human? / Richard Clarke
- A brain scientist's perspective / Richard Restak
- In harmony with earth's water cycle / Sandra Postel
- How will science transform human society? / Gerardus 't Hooft
- Where are all the robots? / Shigeo Hirose
- Wind farming in Pollyanna land / Peter Doherty
- Letters to my grandchildren and great-grandchildren / Stuart L. Pimm
- Future cars and the jetsons / Malcolm Bricklin
- A world without borders / Abdulla Salem El-Badri
- Technology, security, and liberty in 50 years / Lee H. Hamilton
- Our place in the universe / Steven Beckwith
- Snapshot of a world with the new nation of California / Tim Mack
- Our children, our future / Marian Wright Edelman
- Landscapes and living conditions / Valli Moosa
- Go green by thinking blue / Leon E. Panetta and James D. Watkins
- The paradox / Aaron Ciechanover
- The transformation / Elias A. Zerhouni
- A world without breast cancer / Nancy G. Brinker
- Hope for people with brain diseases / Stanley B. Prusiner
- A physician's view of the future / Victor Sidel
- Clean energy for progress / Claude Mandil
- CO2 for good / Nancy Ho
- To open the world to all people / Michael Shermer
- The view as I glide by / Joseph L. Bryant
- One Tuesday in Australia / Barry Marshall
- Wake-up call on global warming / Carl Pope, Daniel Becker, and Allison Forbes
- Dateline : 50 years into the future / Keith B. Richburg
- Leaps and eurekas / Gregory A. Poland
- Snapshots of the future with infectious disease : living in a brave new world with age-old scourges / Earl G. Brown
- The age of the global citizen / Carol Bellamy
- Some words from "Dr. Future" / James Canton
- Some warnings, some worries, and a call for leadership / Douglas Osheroff
- How our knowledge will increase / Lyman Page
- "We will have learned our lesson" / Carol M. Browner
- The future of the soul / Richard Dawkins
- A bird's-eye view of the next 50 years / Peter Marra
- Global climate change and our children / Nsedu Obot-Witherspoon
- A way back to wilderness / William H. Meadows
- Future world : the bad, the good, and the ugly / Lawrence M. Krauss
- Always so much more to discover / John C. Mather
- Startling advances and what stays the same / Ahmed H. Zewail
- The earth in 50 years : rescue or ruin? / Ross Gelbspan
- Label
- The way we will be 50 years from today : 60 of the world's greatest minds share their visions of the next half century
- Title
- The way we will be 50 years from today
- Title remainder
- 60 of the world's greatest minds share their visions of the next half century
- Statement of responsibility
- [edited by] Mike Wallace
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 303.4909/05
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HM901
- LC item number
- .W39 2008
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1918-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Wallace, Mike
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Social prediction
- Social indicators
- Economic indicators
- Political indicators
- Health status indicators
- Technological forecasting
- Quality of life
- Twenty-first century
- Label
- The way we will be 50 years from today : 60 of the world's greatest minds share their visions of the next half century, [edited by] Mike Wallace
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 241)
- Contents
- As we may live / Vint Cerf -- A revolution in medicine / Francis S. Collins -- A tiny dot in cosmic time : a big period in human time / George F. Smoot -- What's ahead : figures don't lie? / Christian de Duve -- What a climatologist cannot know about the next 50 years (but what he does believe) / John R. Christy -- No more heart disease / Louis J. Ignarro -- The end of psychiatric illnesses / E. Fuller Torrey -- Simon Caplan's day / Arthur Caplan -- Fifty years from now : today's baby reaches middle age / Wanda Jones -- Blogging from the future / Craig Newmark -- Progress accelerates exponentially / Ray Kurzweil -- An economist predicts / Thomas C. Schelling -- Diary entry : 2058 / Chandrasekhar (Spike) Narayan -- Deciphering the mega-trends / James E. Cartwright -- The way we will be 50 years from today? / Jody Williams -- The era of great change is coming / Kim Dae-jung -- The future of crime / Ronald Noble -- The future of food / Norman E. Borlaug -- What does it mean to be human? / Richard Clarke -- A brain scientist's perspective / Richard Restak -- In harmony with earth's water cycle / Sandra Postel -- How will science transform human society? / Gerardus 't Hooft -- Where are all the robots? / Shigeo Hirose -- Wind farming in Pollyanna land / Peter Doherty -- Letters to my grandchildren and great-grandchildren / Stuart L. Pimm -- Future cars and the jetsons / Malcolm Bricklin -- A world without borders / Abdulla Salem El-Badri -- Technology, security, and liberty in 50 years / Lee H. Hamilton -- Our place in the universe / Steven Beckwith -- Snapshot of a world with the new nation of California / Tim Mack -- Our children, our future / Marian Wright Edelman -- Landscapes and living conditions / Valli Moosa -- Go green by thinking blue / Leon E. Panetta and James D. Watkins -- The paradox / Aaron Ciechanover -- The transformation / Elias A. Zerhouni -- A world without breast cancer / Nancy G. Brinker -- Hope for people with brain diseases / Stanley B. Prusiner -- A physician's view of the future / Victor Sidel -- Clean energy for progress / Claude Mandil -- CO2 for good / Nancy Ho -- To open the world to all people / Michael Shermer -- The view as I glide by / Joseph L. Bryant -- One Tuesday in Australia / Barry Marshall -- Wake-up call on global warming / Carl Pope, Daniel Becker, and Allison Forbes -- Dateline : 50 years into the future / Keith B. Richburg -- Leaps and eurekas / Gregory A. Poland -- Snapshots of the future with infectious disease : living in a brave new world with age-old scourges / Earl G. Brown -- The age of the global citizen / Carol Bellamy -- Some words from "Dr. Future" / James Canton -- Some warnings, some worries, and a call for leadership / Douglas Osheroff -- How our knowledge will increase / Lyman Page -- "We will have learned our lesson" / Carol M. Browner -- The future of the soul / Richard Dawkins -- A bird's-eye view of the next 50 years / Peter Marra -- Global climate change and our children / Nsedu Obot-Witherspoon -- A way back to wilderness / William H. Meadows -- Future world : the bad, the good, and the ugly / Lawrence M. Krauss -- Always so much more to discover / John C. Mather -- Startling advances and what stays the same / Ahmed H. Zewail -- The earth in 50 years : rescue or ruin? / Ross Gelbspan
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 241 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1036916427
- Label
- The way we will be 50 years from today : 60 of the world's greatest minds share their visions of the next half century, [edited by] Mike Wallace
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 241)
- Contents
- As we may live / Vint Cerf -- A revolution in medicine / Francis S. Collins -- A tiny dot in cosmic time : a big period in human time / George F. Smoot -- What's ahead : figures don't lie? / Christian de Duve -- What a climatologist cannot know about the next 50 years (but what he does believe) / John R. Christy -- No more heart disease / Louis J. Ignarro -- The end of psychiatric illnesses / E. Fuller Torrey -- Simon Caplan's day / Arthur Caplan -- Fifty years from now : today's baby reaches middle age / Wanda Jones -- Blogging from the future / Craig Newmark -- Progress accelerates exponentially / Ray Kurzweil -- An economist predicts / Thomas C. Schelling -- Diary entry : 2058 / Chandrasekhar (Spike) Narayan -- Deciphering the mega-trends / James E. Cartwright -- The way we will be 50 years from today? / Jody Williams -- The era of great change is coming / Kim Dae-jung -- The future of crime / Ronald Noble -- The future of food / Norman E. Borlaug -- What does it mean to be human? / Richard Clarke -- A brain scientist's perspective / Richard Restak -- In harmony with earth's water cycle / Sandra Postel -- How will science transform human society? / Gerardus 't Hooft -- Where are all the robots? / Shigeo Hirose -- Wind farming in Pollyanna land / Peter Doherty -- Letters to my grandchildren and great-grandchildren / Stuart L. Pimm -- Future cars and the jetsons / Malcolm Bricklin -- A world without borders / Abdulla Salem El-Badri -- Technology, security, and liberty in 50 years / Lee H. Hamilton -- Our place in the universe / Steven Beckwith -- Snapshot of a world with the new nation of California / Tim Mack -- Our children, our future / Marian Wright Edelman -- Landscapes and living conditions / Valli Moosa -- Go green by thinking blue / Leon E. Panetta and James D. Watkins -- The paradox / Aaron Ciechanover -- The transformation / Elias A. Zerhouni -- A world without breast cancer / Nancy G. Brinker -- Hope for people with brain diseases / Stanley B. Prusiner -- A physician's view of the future / Victor Sidel -- Clean energy for progress / Claude Mandil -- CO2 for good / Nancy Ho -- To open the world to all people / Michael Shermer -- The view as I glide by / Joseph L. Bryant -- One Tuesday in Australia / Barry Marshall -- Wake-up call on global warming / Carl Pope, Daniel Becker, and Allison Forbes -- Dateline : 50 years into the future / Keith B. Richburg -- Leaps and eurekas / Gregory A. Poland -- Snapshots of the future with infectious disease : living in a brave new world with age-old scourges / Earl G. Brown -- The age of the global citizen / Carol Bellamy -- Some words from "Dr. Future" / James Canton -- Some warnings, some worries, and a call for leadership / Douglas Osheroff -- How our knowledge will increase / Lyman Page -- "We will have learned our lesson" / Carol M. Browner -- The future of the soul / Richard Dawkins -- A bird's-eye view of the next 50 years / Peter Marra -- Global climate change and our children / Nsedu Obot-Witherspoon -- A way back to wilderness / William H. Meadows -- Future world : the bad, the good, and the ugly / Lawrence M. Krauss -- Always so much more to discover / John C. Mather -- Startling advances and what stays the same / Ahmed H. Zewail -- The earth in 50 years : rescue or ruin? / Ross Gelbspan
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 241 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1036916427
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