Jon Turney
Autor von The Rough Guide to the Future
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Jon Turney, formerly a professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at University College London, is editorial director of Penguin Press, London.
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That isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I wouldn't get this expecting a smooth cover-to-cover read.
The topics range from the very interesting to the tedious, but the breaks and asides that are frequent in the book can be light reading for a thumbnail sketch of a particular topic.
I think the real value in this book is more of a reference book, to be consulted on specific topics as the future progresses, and I imagine as we near the finish-line for the book (2050) it would be interesting to look at the predictions and score them for accuracy.… (mehr)