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The world is an uncertain place, which is why the future and the unknown absolutely fascinate us. Veteran television journalist Mike Wallace asked the question "What will life be like 50 years from now?" to sixty of the world's greatest minds. Their responses offer a fascinating glimpse into the cultural, scientific, political, and spiritual moods of the times. Edited and with an introduction by Mike Wallace, this book provides an imaginative and thought-provoking look into our collective soul and the critical issues that underlie our hopes, prayers, fears, and dreams for life in the 21st century.Contributors include former presidents, leading scientists, noted writers and artists, respected religious leaders, and current political figures, including:Vint Cerf, Vice President of Google; known as a "Father of the Internet"Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., a geneticist who led the Human Genome ProjectDr. Wanda Jones, Director of the Office on Women's Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesRay Kurzweil, an inventor whose developments include the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind and the first text-to-speech synthesizerGeneral James E. Cartwright, Commander of United States Strategic CommandKim Dae-jung, the former President of the Republic of KoreaRonald Noble, Secretary General of InterpolNorman Borlaug, Nobel Peace Prize winner; called "the father of the Green Revolution"Carol Bellamy, former Executive Director UNICEF, first former volunteer to serve as director of Peace Corp, and current president and CEO of World LearningGerardus 't Hooft, Professor of Theoretical Physics at Utrecht University in the Netherlands; Nobel Prize in Physics Craig Newmark, Internet pioneer and founder of craigslist
By Mike Wallace (editor)

Hardcover:

9780849903700 | Thomas Nelson Inc, April 15, 2008, cover price $24.99 | About this edition: The world is an uncertain place, which is why the future and the unknown absolutely fascinate us.

Paperback:

9781595553294 | Thomas Nelson Inc, September 3, 2009, cover price $14.99

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Book by Assadourian, Erik, Chafe, Zoe, Chiu, Amanda, Doherty, Hannah, Engelman, Robert

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9781878071897 | Worldwatch Inst, April 30, 2009, cover price $18.95
9781878071880 | Worldwatch Inst, April 30, 2009, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Book by Assadourian, Erik, Chafe, Zoe, Chiu, Amanda, Doherty, Hannah, Engelman, Robert

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This statistical annual presents fundamental data in four sections: (1) Quality of Life, (2) Balance of Power, (3) Developed Market Economies since 1960, and (4) Economic History since 1500. It contains data that is generally not available elsewhere. Sections 1 and 2 give statistics for 230 countries. The World Bank and Encyclopedia Britannica provide statistical data for a maximum of about 160 countries. The actual number of countries in World Bank statistical tables is even smaller. The CIA World Factbook gives data for about 230 countries but that data is limited in scope and is imprecise. Other statistical publications are even less satisfactory. The author has managed to increase the number of countries tallied by writing proprietary software utilizing statistical regressions, selecting data which, first of all, is important and, second, which allows for high correlation coefficients for these regressions. Section 2 includes data about nuclear delivery systems and the number of nuclear warheads of all nuclear powers. This is based on information from reputable sources. Among others, it includes estimates of the Israeli nuclear arsenal which usually do not appear in the press.Official estimates of Russian military expenditures distributed by US and British intelligence communities are methodologically flawed. Such estimates claim to give a picture of military expenditures of the countries of the world at market exchange rates; at the same time, they apparently cite Russian military expense figures at purchasing power parity, thus inflating these numbers in comparison to those of other countries. Such deceptive practices of the Anglo-American intelligence services are counter-balanced by presenting two different tables, showing military expenditures estimates both at market exchange rates and by purchasing power parities. Members of the US Congress and others who care about the foundations of power politics in the nuclear age will find facts that speak for themselves in this novel yearbook.

Hardcover:

9780875865959 | Algora Pub, June 30, 2006, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: This statistical annual presents fundamental data in four sections: (1) Quality of Life, (2) Balance of Power, (3) Developed Market Economies since 1960, and (4) Economic History since 1500.

Paperback:

9780875865942 | Algora Pub, June 30, 2006, cover price $26.95

Explores the principle and practice of finance and accounting, both in the USA and UK, and its various anomalies and limitations. The book attempts to diagnose problems and briefly mentions some modern methods such as activity-based costing (ABC), financial mobility, and just in time (JIT).

Hardcover:

9780333573280, titled "Accountancy’s Faulty Sums" | Palgrave Macmillan, October 26, 1992, cover price $189.00 | About this edition: Explores the principle and practice of finance and accounting, both in the USA and UK, and its various anomalies and limitations.

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9781349128891 | Palgrave Macmillan, January 14, 2014, cover price $179.00
9780333628089, titled "Accountancy’s Faulty Sums" | Palgrave Macmillan, November 24, 1992, cover price $189.00

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