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The Next Fifty Years: Science in the First Half of the Twenty-first Century
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John Brockman (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Paw Prints
Publication date
October 1, 2008
Pages
301
Binding
Prebinding
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781435296701
ISBN-10
1435296702
Dimensions
1 by 5.25 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.68 lbs.
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$23.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: A brilliant ensemble of the worldâs 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
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
Editions
Paperback
New edition from Orion Pub Co (November 6, 2003); titled "The Next Fifty Years: Science in the First Half of the Twenty First Century"
9780753817100 | details & prices | 320 pages | 5.00 × 7.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.56 lbs | List price $15.85
About: A look at what science might, and might not, be able to do for us in the first half of the 21st century.
About: A look at what science might, and might not, be able to do for us in the first half of the 21st century.
from Vintage Books (May 1, 2002)
9780375713422 | details & prices | 301 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $16.00
About: Collects twenty-five essays by top visionary scientists on the advances that may be anticipated in the next half century, making predictions about what such accomplishments will mean to everyday society and human beliefs about life and its origins.
About: Collects twenty-five essays by top visionary scientists on the advances that may be anticipated in the next half century, making predictions about what such accomplishments will mean to everyday society and human beliefs about life and its origins.
Prebinding
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Reprint edition from Paw Prints (October 1, 2008)
9781435296701 | details & prices | 301 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.68 lbs | List price $23.95
About: A brilliant ensemble of the worldâs 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.
About: A brilliant ensemble of the worldâs 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.
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