The Next 500 Years

By: Adrian Berry

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Hardcover | 1 December 1995

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A futuristic prediction of possible events over the next five decades, which explores potential scientific and technological advances and developments and suggests what life will be like in the year 2500. Covers a wide range of topics and issues, such as transport, food, military developments and space.

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Acknowledgements
Author's Note
Introduction	p. 1
The False Prophets	p. 9
The Wealth of the Race	p. 19
Why Great Panics Don't Usually Matter	p. 37
The Next Ice Age	p. 55
The Death of History	p. 63
The Search of Immortality	p. 81
The Coming of Omega Man	p. 95
Farmers of the Sea	p. 107
Privateers	p. 123
The Odyssey of the Moon	p. 135
The Cave Dwellers	p. 147
Building Selenopolis	p. 153
Farewell to the Norse Gods	p. 165
Asteroids: The Threat ...	p. 181
Miners of the Sky	p. 193
Starship	p. 207
Other Earths	p. 223
Have We Got Company?	p. 235
Humanity in 2500	p. 247
Appendix 1: The Universe in Earth's Neighbourhood	p. 261
Appendix 2: The Darian Calendar, or How to Calculate Dates on Mars	p. 269
Appendix 3: Earth and Mars Compared	p. 275
Appendix 4: Unit Conversions	p. 277
Glossary	p. 279
References and Notes	p. 287
Bibliography	p. 313
Index	p. 323
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