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The 1990s & beyond / edited by Edward Cornish.

LIBRA CB161 .N53 1990
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Cornish, Edward, 1927-2019
World Future Society
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Twentieth century--Forecasts.
Twentieth century.
Forecasting.
Social prediction.
Medical Subjects:
Forecasting.
Genre:
Forecasts
Physical Description:
160 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Other Title:
1990s and beyond
Place of Publication:
Bethesda, MD : World Future Society, ©1990.
Summary:
A thought-provoking look at the final decade of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first century, with articles on artificial intelligence, the class of 2000, medical breakthroughs, the earth's vital signs, tomorrow's economy, the future of AIDS, and much more.
Contents:
Introduction
Issues for the 1990s / Edith Weiner and Arnold Brown
Nine American lifestyles : values and societal change / Arnold Mitchell
The American family in the year 2000 / Andrew Cherlin and Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr.
Age wars : the coming battle between young and old / Phillip Longman
Death of the university / Herbert I. London
Class of 2000 : the good news and the bad news / Marvin J. Cetron
Health care tomorrow / Roy Amara
The future of AIDS / John Platt
Medical breakthroughs : cutting the toll of killer diseases / Theodore J. Gordon
The materials revolution / Tom Forester
Hyperintelligence : making machines that think / John Baer
The future of personal robots / Mike Higgins
Living on the moon : will humans develop an unearthly culture? / Philip R. Harris
The future course of international terrorism / Brian Michael Jenkins
Crime and punishment : forces shaping the future / Gene Stephens
Downtown 2040 : making cities fun! / John Fondersmith
Going height crazy : super skyscrapers of the future / Hans-Gerhard Kauschke
Tourism : a vital force for peace / Louis J. D'Amore
Dream vacations : the booming market for designed experiences / Philip Kotler
The 21st century economy / William Van Dusen Wishard
Earth's vital signs / Lester R. Brown, Christopher Flavin, and Edward C. Wolf
Do we owe anything to future generations? / Robert B. Mellert
John Elfreth Watkins, Jr. : forgotten genius of forecasting / Harold G. Shane and Gary A. Sojka
What may happen in the next hundred years / John Elfreth Watkins, Jr.
The 1990s in brief.
Notes:
Reprints of articles that have appeared in "The Futurist" magazine.
ISBN:
0930242378
9780930242374
OCLC:
20981340

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