false 169258 11 This book originally appeared in 1962, and was based on essays written during the period 1959 - 1961. Since it was concerned with ultimate possibilities, and not with achievements to be expected in the near future, even the remarkable events of the last decade have dated it very little. But Arthur Clarke has gone over the book making corrections and comments where necessary in order to bring it right up-to-date. The author, amongst many fascinating excursions into what the future may hold, discusses the fourth dimension and the obsolescence of the law of gravity, the exploration of the entire solar system and the colonisation of some of it; seas will mined for energy and minerals, and asteroids will be pulled to Earth to supply needed materials; men, already bigger than they need be, may be bred smaller to be more efficient on less food. 163451 1962 Profiles of the Future total:43|5:10|4:14|3:17|2:2|1:0| 43 161 79 4 5 0 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Jul 14 00:19:51 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 14 00:24:32 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Wed Apr 08 06:42:35 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 06:43:53 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 11:52:36 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 13:54:38 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Sep 13 16:46:34 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 16:47:41 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 29 16:04:17 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 16:04:17 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 17:26:18 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 17:26:26 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 23 10:06:01 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 10:06:01 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 19 19:34:03 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 19:34:03 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Oct 18 17:25:45 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 17:25:45 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Oct 18 06:29:33 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 06:29:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 05 13:03:02 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 13:03:02 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Sep 04 08:45:40 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 08:45:40 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Aug 18 19:04:30 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 03:59:39 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Aug 17 06:18:03 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 06:18:03 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 05 14:17:49 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 14:17:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jun 26 17:16:09 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 05:34:40 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 23 19:21:51 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 19:22:02 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jun 22 06:44:41 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 06:44:41 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Apr 20 19:21:52 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 19:21:52 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Apr 19 20:47:19 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 23:28:42 -0700 2009