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25 Things You Need to Know About the Future

Christopher Barnatt

The essential book for understanding the challenges and technologies that will shape the next few decades


How will we live in the future? And what will the human race become? Will we nurture designer babies, be served by intelligent robots, have personal 3D printers, and grow products on the vine using synthetic biology? Or will shortages of oil, fresh water and other natural resources constrain our lifestyles and lead to industrial decline?

In this fascinating guide, futurist Christopher Barnatt examines 25 known challenges and technologies that will help shape the next few decades. From Peak Water to vertical farms, nanotechnology to augmented reality, and electric cars to space travel, a startling picture is painted of future possibilities that no individual or business will be able to ignore.


Highlighting life-changing research and innovation from over 250 companies, universities and non-profit organizations around the globe, 25 Things You Need to Know About the Future is a startling, frightening and powerful blueprint for anybody who wants to future gaze or future shape.

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  • Classification : Popular Science
  • Pub Date : JAN 19, 2012
  • Imprint : Constable
  • Page Extent : 340
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9781849016971
  • Price : INR 699
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Christopher Barnatt

Christopher Barnatt is associate professor of computing and the future at Nottingham University Business School. His website: ExplainingComputers.com is one the leading resources on Cloud computing and currently attract c.250000 page and video downloads a year and rising. Over 300 websites have also embedded his cloud computing video. He appears regularly on TV and radio and consults throughout the industry.

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