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The Next Fifty Years: Science in the First Half of the Twenty-First Century Book

Scientists love to speculate about the direction research and technology will take us, and editor John Brockman has given a stellar panel free rein to imagine the future in The Next Fifty Years. From brain-swapping and the hunt for extraterrestrials to the genetic elimination of unhappiness and a new scientific morality, the ideas in this book are wild and thought-provoking. The list of scientists and thinkers who participate is impressive: Lee Smolin and Martin Rees on cosmology; Ian Stewart on mathematics; and Richard Dawkins and Paul Davies on the life sciences, just to name a few. Many of the authors remind readers that science has changed a lot since the blind optimism of the early 20th century, and they are unanimously aware of the potential consequences of the developments they describe. Fifty years is a long time in the information age, and these essays do a credible and entertaining job of guessing where we're going. --Therese LittletonRead More

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  • Product Description

    A brilliant ensemble of the worldâ??s 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

  • 0375713425
  • 9780375713422
  • 1 May 2002
  • Vintage Books USA
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 320
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