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This title is a valuable resource to students whether they want to learn how large the world's population will be in 2050 or discover how someone can work a flight simulatorwith their mind.

This book is part of a book series called Dk Eyewitness .

There are 72 pages in this book. It is a dictionary. A dictionary is a single-volume or multivolume reference work containing brief explanatory entries for terms and topics related to a specific subject or field of inquiry, usually arranged alphabetically (example: Dictionary of Neuropsychology). The entries in a dictionary are usually shorter than those contained in an encyclopedia on the same subject, but the word "dictionary" is often used in the titles of works that should more appropriately be called encyclopedias (example: Dictionary of the Middle Ages in 13 volumes). This book was published 2002 by Dorling Kindersley Ltd .

This book has the following chapters: A brave new world; our shrinking planet; watching the earth; a growing world; environment friendly; futuropolis; getting control; getting around; virtually home in 2020; easy living; all in the mind; understanding our bodies; genetic engineering; future foods?; changing bodies; robots and robotics; machines that think; virtual reality; seeing the invisible; getting smaller; lighter than air; new frontiers; living in the future; did you know?; who's who; find out more.