The Macmillan Atlas of the Future

By: Pearson, Ian

Book Overview

Where are we headed as we enter the third millennium? The Atlas of the Future provides a unique and authoritative perspective on the shape of the world to come. Full-color maps and graphics present in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0028620887
• ISBN13: 9780028620886
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Macmillan General Reference
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.8" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

The extrapolation of present trends goes only so far

This work provides a set of predictions in regard to space exploration, economics and finance, population life expectancy, artifical intelligence, health and disease, biodiversity, food and water, energy, the environment, communications, tourism, urbanization, democracy industry, military strength, nanotechnology. Like all projections of the historical future it however soundly based on data cannot anticipate that event or series of events which will or might turn reality in a different direction from all the predictions made. So the edition I have published in 1998 has not a word about Sept.11, 2001, Islamic terror, nuclear proliferation, stem cell research . It in fact is totally devoid of political data or prediction. The work does however have a good number of very fascinating tables and projections.There are often even 'alternative scenarios' presented for instance in the diagrams on the future of the universe, closed or open, short- lived or long- lived universe. An interesting toy or tool, if one is careful to update it, and take its projections with a grain of salt.

Exciting visual start point for futures research

Ian Pearson's Atlas of the Future is a great primer for a broad range of global future trends. As a researcher focussed on providing the fuel for future scenario's I have used this exciting visual atlas of the future to:o gain a rapid high level future view of a broad range of subjects- bealth, water, technology, fishing resources...o explain to friends and family what I doo find initial reference points for initiating researchI recommend this as a great future reference piece.