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The Meaning of the 21st Century: A Vital Blueprint For Ensuring Our Future
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Riverhead Books
Publication date September 30, 2006
Pages 431
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781573223232
ISBN-10 1573223239
Dimensions 1.25 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Weight 1.40 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $26.95
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A renowned expert on the social and economic impact of technology and author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated The Wireless Society explains how fast-developing technologies, broadening gaps between economic classes, and global extremism are posing difficult challenges in today's world, recommending greater environmental responsibility and possible scientific solutions. 50,000 first printing.
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Hardcover
Book cover for 9781573223232 Book cover for 9781903919842
 
from Transworld Pub (October 2, 2006)
9781903919842 | details & prices | 448 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.50 in. | 1.75 lbs | List price $33.85
About: Argues that we are living at a turning point in human history and that it is in the scientific breakthroughs of the century that we will find a hope.
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from Riverhead Books (September 30, 2006)
9781573223232 | details & prices | 431 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $26.95
About: Explains how fast-developing technologies, broadening gaps between economic classes, and global extremism are posing difficult challenges in today's world, recommending greater environmental responsibility and possible scientific solutions.
Paperback
Book cover for 9781594482595
 
Reprint edition from Riverhead Books (July 3, 2007)
9781594482595 | details & prices | 497 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $16.00
About: A renowned expert on the social and economic impact of technology and author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated The Wireless Society explains how fast-developing technologies, broadening gaps between economic classes, and global extremism are posing difficult challenges in today's world, recommending greater environmental responsibility and possible scientific solutions.

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