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Petersen, John L., 1943-

The road to 2015 : profiles of the future / Road to twenty fifteen John L. Petersen. - xx, 372 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-351) and index.

Ch. 1. A New Era Requires New Thinking -- Ch. 2. New Ideas in Science -- Ch. 3. Extraordinary Technology -- Ch. 4. Environmental Alert! -- Ch. 5. Exploding Population -- Ch. 6. Energy: Big Shifts -- Ch. 7. Transportation: Moving in New Directions -- Ch. 8. Space: Linking Everyone -- Ch. 9. Health: Serious Threats...and Gains -- Ch. 10. Changing Social Values -- Ch. 11. Economies: Fundamental Shifts -- Ch. 12. Political Relationships: Not the Same Old Politics -- Ch. 13. Crosscuts and Wild Cards -- Ch. 14. So What Should We Do? -- Appendix A: Trend Matrix -- Appendix B: Projected Special Forces Technology -- Appendix C: Crosscut and Wild Card Matrix.

ISBN: 1878739859 9781878739858

LCCN: 94022027

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Economic history--1990-
Social history--1970-
Economic forecasting
Social prediction

LC Class. No.: HC59.15 / .P48 1994

Dewey Class. No.: 303.49