The Meaning Of The 21st Century: A Vital Blueprint For Ensuring Our Future - Couverture rigide

Martin, James

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ISBN 10 : 1903919843 ISBN 13 : 9781903919842

Editeur : Eden Project Books, 2006

Synopsis

Unusual book

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Biographie de l'auteur :

James Martin, for several decades a leading authority in computing, is a Pulitzer Prize nominee, and has written 101 textbooks . In addition to his D.Litt. from Oxford, Martin has an honorary doctorate from all six continents. Computerworld ranks Martin fourth among the 25 people who have most influenced the world of computing. In the early 1990s Martin was a member of the software Scientific Advisory Board of the U.S. Department of Defense. He is Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Headstrong, which designs and develops ultra-complex systems that enable leading companies create real business value.

During three decades of lecturing and consulting around the world Martin became concerned with the rapidly worsening problems of the planet, and practical actions that can be taken about them. Believing that this will eventually lead to civilizations different from today, he created the groundbreaking James Martin 21st-Century School at Oxford University, which links together many Institutes and top academics concerned with the future. Its mission is to "Find solutions to the biggest problems facing humanity in the 21st Century, and identify humanity's biggest opportunities." It aims to influence policy in areas critical to our future.

And in 2007 James Martin became a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

'We are travelling at breakneck speed into an era of extremes - extremes of wealth and poverty, extremes in technology, extremes in globalization. If we are to survive, we must learn how to manage them all.' James Martin, one of the world's most widely respected authorities on the impact of technology on society, argues that we are living at a turning point in human history and that it is in the scientific breakthroughs of the new century that we will find new hope.

Martin sets out the key challenges he sees ahead and proposes an interconnected set of solutions to each challenge. From ways to address climate change to genetic modification of humans, he demonstrates that rather than destroy our planet, and ourselves with it, we have the potential for a magnificent future.

Provacative and controversial, this blueprint for change is essential reading. In ten years' time it may be too late.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Eden Project Books
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1903919843
• ISBN 13: 9781903919842
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 448