Science for better or worse? Our World in 2111
Arthur C. Clarke predicts the future
In 1964, Arthur C. Clarke tried to predict the future. Watch this video clip to see how many of his predictions have come true! Can you predict the future for the next 100 years?
- Arthur C. Clarke's predictions for 2000-2100Find a list of Arthur C. Clarke's predictions for the years 2000-2100. What do think of his predictions?
Podcast - Lectures about the future
Listen to a series of lectures by futurists.
Future Technology
Take a glimpse at what technology may look like in the future.
(You may not be able to watch this video on the school computers)
More useful websites...
- Future Timeline.NetThis website attempts to predict what the world may look like in the future! Remember, nobody knows!!
- Science Daily - Global Tropical Forests threatened by 2100This article reports on a new study which says that by 2100 only 18% to 45% of the plants and animals making up ecosystems in global, humid tropical forests may remain as we know them today.
Find out more...
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Books in the Senior Library
Fantastic future by Call Number: Library - Non Fiction 303.49ISBN: 0439973368Travel through time with this guide to the future.
Six degrees : our future on a hotter planet by Call Number: Library - Non Fiction 363.73874ISBN: 0007209053This book investigates scientists' claims that the next century will see global temperatures rise between one and six degrees.
Physics of the impossible : a scientific exploration into the world of phasers, force fields, teleportation, and time travel by Call Number: Library - SFC - English & PPRS 530 (TOK)ISBN: 0141030909This book looks at the science of the future and explain's what is just around the corner, what me might have to wait a few millennia for and how surprisingly little is truly impossible.
