Asimov was born sometime between October 4, 1919 and January 2, 1920 in Petrovichi in Smolensk Oblast, RSFSR (now Russia), the son of a Jewish family of millers. Although his exact date of birth is uncertain, Asimov himself celebrated it on January 2. His family emigrated to Brooklyn, New York and opened a candy store when he was three years old. He taught himself to read at the age of five. He began reading the science fiction pulp magazines that his family's store carried. Around the age of...
Living in the future

Living in the future
Synopsis
Edited by Isaac Asimov Devised by Peter Nicholls Analysing the Future by Bruce Page Population and health by Norman Myers The world's food supply by Magnus Pyke Is Earth Over-Exploited? by Robin Clarke International politics by Dan Smith Liberty and law by Duncan Campbell The technology of warfare by Frank Barnaby Terrorism by Martin Walker The physical world: future insights by Duncan Campbell Transport by Mick Hamer Communications present and future by Ian Graham The future of the press by Martin Walker Television 'news' by Michael Elkins High-technology medicine by Richard Hawkins Medicine negated by Christiaan Barnard Children's rights by Humphrey Evans Childrearing by James Coleman The future of women by Betty Friedan The anti-futurist by Martin Walker How we make the future by Raymond Williams
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Living in the FutureHardcover, 1985
288 pages
Beaufort BooksLanguage: EnglishISBN: 97808253022511st American ed edition3 editions available


















