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100	1		_915849 _aGidley, Jennifer M.
245			_aThe Future. _bA Very Short Introduction
260			_aOxford _bOxford University Press _c2017
300			_a164 pp _c11 x 18 cm
440	0		_915850 _aA Very Short Introduction _v516
500			_aABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
520			_aFrom the beginning of time, humans have been driven by both a fear of the unknown and a curiosity to know. We have always yearned to know what lies ahead, whether threat or safety, scarcity or abundance. Throughout human history, our forebears tried to create certainty in the unknown, by seeking to influence outcomes with sacrifices to gods, preparing for the unexpected with advice from oracles, and by reading the stars through astrology. As scientific methods improve and computer technology develops we become ever more confident of our capacity to predict and quantify the future by accumulating and interpreting patterns form the past, yet the truth is there is still no certainty to be had. In this Very Short Introduction Jennifer Gidley considers some of our most burning questions: What is "the future "?; Is the future a time yet to come?; Or is it a utopian place?; Does the future have a history?; Is there only one future or are there many possible futures? She asks if the future can ever be truly predicted or if we create our own futures - both hoped for and feared - by our thoughts, feelings, and actions, and concludes by analysing how we can learn to study the future.
650		7	_2lemac _914478 _aSociologia
650		7	_2lemac _9326 _aHistòria social
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655		0	_2popin _91431 _aHISTORIA SOCIAL _fSOCIAL HISTORY _iHISTÒRIA SOCIAL
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