Future Perfect
What next? and other impossible questions
Published on 1. August 2007
180 pages
978-1-74176-379-9 (ISBN)
Description
With his inimitable and entertaining mix of reportage and feigned indignation, Robyn Williams tackles the future of just about everything - from work and science to god and sex.
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Language
English
Place of publication
NSW
Australia
File size
0,83 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-74176-379-9 (9781741763799)
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08/2007
Allen & Unwin
€28.67
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Person
Robyn Williams has presented science programs on ABC radio and television since 1972. Early in his career he made guest appearances in The Goodies, Monty Python's Flying Circus and Dr Who. He is the first journalist to be elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, was a visiting fellow at Balliol College, Oxford, and is a visiting professor at the University of New South Wales. In March 2006, a star in the constellation Carina was named after him. He is planning a visit.
Content
- Part title
- Title page
- Contents
- Introduction-Plus ca change!
- 1 The Future of Communication-Beyond Bable?
- 2 The Future of Science-The White Trash of the Pacific?
- 3 The Future of God-God's Only Excuse
- 4 The Future of Transport-2027: Full Speed Ahead
- 5 The Future of Cities-More than Half the World's Population?
- 6 The Future of Sex-And Why We Do It
- 7 The Future of Innovation-Inventing the Future?
- 8 The Future of Work-Failing Upwards
- 9 The Future of Us-Our Last Century?
- Postscript
- Further reading
