Engineering Tomorrow : Today's Technology Experts Envision the Next Century

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Summary: Must have coffee table book for the scientific minded...
Review: Great book! They've taken the worlds leading engineers and ask them specific questions about what the future will hold. Informative and interesting.

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Summary: Nice Overview
Review: This book has a nice, light intro into the areas engineers are working on, and current problems that need to be resolved in the future (how we may use nanotechnology, etc.). Engaging and a good way to get the brain moving, and keep you aware of where the field is going.

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Summary: book was in textbook form
Review: This book was made like a textbook- which actually made it easier to use. And the cover was hardcover- without paper over it (its really nice). Not as much information as I expected. I think the better chapters are: communications, medicine and biology, transportaton, exploration, and war and peace. These chapters are either more interesting and/or have more things in it that have a greater impact on our indiviual lives in the future. Also, there are alot of sections within each chapter that are written by people other than the authors of the book (Janie Fouke, editor, Trudy E. Bell and Dave Dooling, writers) about the future. There are 50 technology experts. Some of them and the titles of what they've written are: Donald R. Scifres: How will information technolgy transform global culture?, Stephen B. Weinstein: How will the Internet affect social relationships?, George S. Moschytz: How can we ensure that technology is humane and not inane? and Sylvia A. Earle: What does it take for people to realize that technology -induced climate change is jeopardizing our very lives? Some are in the chapters they should be in and some really don't have to do with that chapter at all.