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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Phoenix; New Ed edition (6 Nov 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0753817101
  • ISBN-13: 978-0753817100
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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From Dolly the sheep to the Human Genome Project, the last fifty years have seen unprecedented leaps in our scientific understanding that have revolutionised our perception of ourselves, our world and our place in it. What, one might wonder, does the future have in store for us? Will we discover that our universe existed before the Big Bang or be able to 'swap' brains between different species? What is the future of happiness? In this dazzling collection, scientists at the very forefront of their fields, including Richard Dawkins, Lee Smolin, Sir Martin Rees and Ian Stewart, have been brought together to discuss the future of science, and the ways in which these dynamic changes will affect our daily lives.


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John Brockman, president of the Edge Foundation and a founder of The Reality Club, is a writer and literary agent based in New York. He is has written and edited twenty books, including The Third Culture, How Things Are: A Science Tool-Kit for the Mind and The Greatest Inventions of the past 2000 Years.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Read, 18 Mar 2003
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I found this book to be an interesting read, but you need to be careful about your expectations. It's not a purely "technology" based prediction on what the future will hold - in fact it has very little reference to technological shifts and developments. It is more focused on societal, psychological and humanitarian developments.

In fact it reminded me of the "A Vision For Tomorrow" series, in that it looked more closely at the underlying shifts we will see in society as opposed to the technological advances that will enable these shifts.

For example, several sections are devoted entirely to psychiatry and psychoanalysis. Whilst interesting, I was interested more in the "gadget" and "science" aspects of futurology, and was left feeling a little bit as though the theories didn't really explain the route by which we would get there.

Nontheless, this book does offer interesting insights into our future society, and is particularly intriguing in the way that it threads current scientific thinking into possible outcomes, marrying various fields in to a connected vision.

A good read, mainly focused on society as opposed to technology.

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4.0 out of 5 stars pretty straightforward, 2 Dec 2007
This book is definitely interesting and well written, and puts forth generally plausible ideas from many bright, well respected people. A few of the ideas seem a bit hard to swallow, such as Paul Ewald claiming that many of the major human diseases, such as bipolar disorder and Alzheimer's, will be shown to be caused by viruses. But for the most part the book is plausible, interesting, and even somewhat entertaining. Author of Adjust Your Brain: A Practical Theory for Maximizing Mental Health.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A mixed bag, 25 Jun 2008
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The quality of the articles is very variable. There is a strong bias towards psychology and science of the mind and away from the physical sciences. The book is divided into two sections - the first how theory will change and the second about the practical implications.

As John Holland says in the book making predictions over such a long period is very dangerous especially with the current rapid rate of change and so some of the predictions are already looking "dated" and we are only 5 years on. Some articles are brilliant and worth the price of the book - Roger Schank, Jaron Lanier and Stuart Kauffman for example. Some others are poor such as those by Peter Atkins and especially Richard Dawkins who comes across particularly badly.
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