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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 July 3, 2007
Pages 497
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781594482595
ISBN-10 1594482594
Dimensions 1 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight 1 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $16.00
§As reported by publisher
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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. Reprint.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: According to James Martin-known as "the guru of the Information Age"-humanity is at a crucial turning point. If we succeed in finding ways to support massive gains in population combined with dizzying technological progress, we have a magnificent future ahead of us. If we fail, we may well be headed for a new Dark Ages.

In this provocative and prophetic book, Martin argues that we can use our intelligence and technology to transform the world rather than destroy it. Drawing on decades of experience as one of the world's most widely respected authorities on technology's impact on our lives, Martin outlines specific, achievable solutions for solving a wide array of problems, from repairing ocean ecosystems to lowering the birthrate to coping with advances in nanotechnology.

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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.
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
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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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