The world in 2055

How can we predict what awaits us in the future? It is difficult enough to predict what happens tomorrow , let alone in forty years! The scale of the changes happening around us is intimidating and scary. This book is an attempt to bring clarity to this murkiness, known as “futurology”. While history is the science of what has happened, futurology is the science of what COULD happen.

. This book is for the most part an overview of these poorly known technologies of today but extremely essential technologies of tomorrow.
The chances that the world will be better in 2055 are promising - more innovation and productivity , better education , fewer differences between rich and poor, between men and women more opportunities for billions of people .
Today's science fiction may become a reality in 2055. New technologies - some of which we can not even imagine today , already forming in front of our eyes . The world's population is growing more energetic and in 2055 will be more than nine billion .
" The world in 2055" will surely provoke interest in a wide range of readers. Corporate planners , government officials and researchers - from biology to business – you will find here a rich harvest of ideas .