Visions of the future : art, technology, and computing in the twenty-first century / edited by Clifford A. Pickover

The virtual science center : "a museum of everything that could be imagined" / Dawn Friedman -- The future of student computer use / William J. Joel -- Forging a career as a sculptor from a career as a computer programmer / Stewart Dickson -- The future of weather and climate prediction / Thomas T. Warner and Bill Buzbee -- Computers and human communication / Davis Albert Foulger -- The universal robot / Hans Moravec -- Materials science : one morning in the year 2079 / B.D. Silverman -- Current techniques and development of computer art / Franz G. Szabo -- Computer war games in the 21st century / James J. Perry -- Will computers really THINK in the 21st century / Ira Glickstein -- Fractals and genetics in the future / H. Joel Jeffrey -- Electronic storytelling in the 21st century / Judy Malloy Using artificial intelligence to control traffic / Carlos David Nassi -- Molecular biology and futuristic problem solving / Mels Sluyser and Erik L.L. Sonnhammer -- Studying prehistory with tomorrow's computers / D.G. East -- Computers and future golf / Anthony S. Akins -- Artificial life : answering the question of emergence / William R. Buckley -- The future of ambiguous art / Peter Hettich -- Beyond art / Paul Brown -- Frontiers in computers and writing / Rae C. Schipke xi, 212 p. : ill. ; 25 cm