The Next Fifty Years: Science in the First Half of the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Published by Vintage Books, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2002
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VG+ in glossy illustrated wrappers, as published. Trade paperback. Covers lightly rubbed with scattered light surface scratches. Corners lightly bumped, creased. Spine square, tight, uncreased. Interior bright, clean. No marks. Very nice reading/research copy.
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- Title
- The Next Fifty Years: Science in the First Half of the Twenty-First Century
- Author
- Brockman, John (ed.)
- Publisher
- Vintage Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Publication year
- 2002
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0375713425
- ISBN 13
- 9780375713422
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
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