Turney, Jon.

The rough guide to the future / Future Jon Turney. - iii, 366 páginas : ilustraciones, mapas ; 18 cm.

Incluye bibliografía e índice

About time -- The future in history -- Varieties of futurology -- The recent future -- Science futures -- Population -- Energy and the climate crunch -- Energy: a new regime? -- Water -- Food supply -- Humans and other species -- Future health -- Future war -- Dealing with disaster -- Life, society and values -- The world of information -- Moving on, moving up -- Infinite in all directions.

Find the future now with 50 predictions in "The Rough Guide to the Future". Wondering what's really in store for the human race? Nanotechnology and gene enhancements, solar power and carbon capture? Or oil shocks, water wars, food shortages, and mass extinction? "The Rough Guide to the Future" cuts a clear path through the jungle of scientific research and political debate, steering you around the prophets of doom and the utopian visionaries, to take you on a tour of the likeliest possibilities for the rest of this century - and beyond. It covers 50 predictions from the world's leading futurologists and chronicles predictions from the past along with visions of the future. You'll find out where we go from here with "The Rough Guide to the Future".

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Siglo XXI--Pronósticos.
Civilización moderna--Pronósticos.--1950-

CB161 / .T87 2010