The Way We Will Be 50 Years from Today: 60 of the World's Greatest Minds Share Their Visions of the Next Half Century

Publisher Marketing: The world is an uncertain place, which is why the future and the unknown absolutely fascinate us. Veteran television journalist Mike Wallace asked the question "What will life be like 50 years from now?" to sixty of the world's greatest minds. Their responses offer a fascinating glimpse into the cultural, scientific, political, and spiritual moods of the times. Edited and with an introduction by Mike Wallace, this book provides an imaginative and thought-provoking look into our collective soul and the critical issues that underlie our hopes, prayers, fears, and dreams for life in the 21st century. Contributors include former presidents, leading scientists, noted writers and artists, respected religious leaders, and current political figures, including: Vint Cerf, Vice President of Google; known as a "Father of the Internet"Francis S. Collins, M. D., Ph. D., a geneticist who led the Human Genome ProjectDr. Wanda Jones, Director of the Office on Women's Health at the U. S. Department of Health and Human ServicesRay Kurzweil, an inventor whose developments include the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind and the first text-to-speech synthesizerGeneral James E. Cartwright, Commander of United States Strategic CommandKim Dae-jung, the former President of the Republic of KoreaRonald Noble, Secretary General of InterpolNorman Borlaug, Nobel Peace Prize winner; called "the father of the Green Revolution"Carol Bellamy, former Executive Director UNICEF, first former volunteer to serve as director of Peace Corp, and current president and CEO of World LearningGerardus 't Hooft, Professor of Theoretical Physics at Utrecht University in the Netherlands; Nobel Prize in Physics Craig Newmark, Internet pioneer and founder of craigslist Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 02/25/2008 pg. 64 (EAN 9780849903700, Hardcover) Library Journal 04/15/2008 pg. 99 (EAN 9780849903700, Hardcover) Booklist 03/15/2008 pg. 9 (EAN 9780849903700, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Booklist Editors Choice/Adult 01/01/2009 pg. 9 (EAN 9780849903700, Hardcover) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2009 pg. 11 (EAN 9780849903700, Hardcover) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2011 pg. 90 (EAN 9780849903700, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Wallace, Mike Mike Wallace is Professor of Public Management at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University.