Yet despite dire predictions scientists see many good things on the horizon.

John Brockman publisher of Edge the influential online salon recently asked more than 150 highpowered scientific thinkers to answer a vital question for our frequently pessimistic times What are you optimistic about Spanning a wide range of topicsfrom string theory to education from population growth to medicine and even from global warming to the end of world the book What Are You Optimistic About is an impressive array of what worldclass minds including Nobel Laureates Pulitzer Prize winners New York Times bestselling authors and Harvard professors among others have weighed in to offer carefully considered optimistic visions of tomorrow.

Their provocative and controversial ideas may rouse skepticism but they might possibly change our perceptions of humanitys future.

Product Details Hard Cover Book Author John Brockman Genre Science ISBN 9781847371003