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008			210311s2006 nyua bd 000 0 engd
020			_a9781903919866
040			_aEG-GiCUC _beng _bEG-GiCUC
092	0	4	_a303.483 _bM3814 _221
099			_a04 _a303.483 M3814
100	1		_aMartin, James, _d1933-2013.
245	1	4	_aThe meaning of the 21st century : _b a vital blueprint for ensuring our future / _c James Martin.
246	3		_aMeaning of the twenty-first century
260			_aNew York : _bRiverhead Books, _c2006.
300			_axiii, 526 p. : _bill. ; _c21 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_a1: The need for transition -- The transition generation -- What got us into this mess? -- Rich kids and their trust funds -- Too many people -- The giant in the kitchen -- Destitute nations -- Climate catastrophe -- Invisible mayhem -- 2: Technologies of sorcery -- Genetically modified humans? -- Nanodeluge -- Automated evolution -- The transhuman condition -- 3: Through the canyon -- The awesome meaning of this century -- A perfect storm -- The vital role of corporations -- Culture's crucible -- A counter-terrorist world -- World scenarios -- 4: The gateway to the future -- A great civilization? -- Values of the future -- Cathedrals of cyberspace -- Rich and poor -- Russian roulette with homo sapiens -- Revolution.
650		0	_aTechnological forecasting.
650		0	_aTechnology _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aTechnology and civilization.
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905			_aAsmaa _eCat.
905			_aReda _eRev.
942			_2ddc _cBK
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