The Next Fifty Years, John Brockman
The Next Fifty Years, John Brockman
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The Next Fifty Years
Science in the First Half of the Twenty-First Century

Author: John Brockman

Narrator: Henry Leyva, Jennifer Wiltsie, Oliver Wyman, Simon Prebble

Abridged: 8 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/14/2002


Synopsis

A brilliant ensemble of the world’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

About The Author

John Brockman, editor of many books, including The Next Fifty Years, is also the author of By the Late John Brockman, The Third Culture, and Digerati: Encounters with the Cyber Elite. He is the founder and CEO of Brockman Inc., a literary and software agency, and the publisher and editor of the Web site Edge. He lives in New York City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Muhammad on March 27, 2021

This is a solid three stars read for me. It consists of essays written by the 25 world's leading scientists who made their predictions about the development in science and technology regarding the first fifty years of the twenty-first century. This book was written by John Brockman in 2002. The book......more

Goodreads review by R.f.k on September 27, 2015

عندما تذهب الى طبيب بهذا العصر وتعمل أشعة على الصدر وظهرت فجاة انك مصاب بسرطان الرئة او الدرن, ومن ثم تبدأ بالعلاج كما هو متعارف, لكن في سنة 2050 فمن أشعة الصدر ستتمكن من معرفة النص الكامل لكن جين من جيناتك ولن يناولك الطبيب الوصفة العلاجية المناسبة لشخص مثل حالتك بل الوصفة التي تتناسب مع جينومك بكل......more

Goodreads review by Sarah ~ on November 02, 2014

نشر هذا الكتاب في بداية هذا القرن في عام 2002 .. وهو كتاب استشرافي للمستقبل وعن تطور العلوم عملياً ونظرياً وإلى أين ستصل بعد خمسين عاماً .. عبارة عن مجموعة مقالات كتبها نخبة النخبة من العلماء كلٌ في مجاله .. بقدر جمال الكتاب واستمتاعي به بقدر سعادتي لأين يمكن أن تصل البشرية خلال خمسين ، بذات القدر "وأ......more

Goodreads review by Kogiopsis on February 22, 2018

Conceptually, this book is a great idea. In execution, though, it runs into a predictable problem: namely, that many scientists just aren't that good at communicating science to the general public, or even to researchers outside their fields. And that makes sense - doing good research requires being......more

Goodreads review by مثقف on March 22, 2011

كتاب رائع ممتع شيق غريب ... ينقلك إلى عالم تعجز حتى على تخيلة يكشف عن عقول لا تتصور انها تشاركك نفس الجينات البشرية ..! أنهم علماء يصنعون المستقبل الذي نعيشة بخيال خصب وأفكار مجنونة لكنها قابلة للتطبيق مع الوقت فكرة الكتاب عبارة عن مجموعة مقالات لـ 25 عالم في مجالات مختلفة كل عالم يضع تصوره لمستقبل ال......more