books by John L. Petersen

books by John L. Petersen

books:

John L. Petersen

Out of the blue: Wild cards and other big future surprises : how to anticipate and respond to profound change

John L Petersen

Arlington Institute, 1997

Compelling, Sensible, Easily Understandable
I read and started to use this book well before I started doing Amazon reviews, and was reminded of this today when I started updating my brainstorming briefing. I know John personally and consider one of the most balanced observers of the future, and especially ...

A Vision for 2012: Planning for Extraordinary Change

John L. Petersen

Fulcrum Publishing, 2008

Good coverage of our future trajectory
This book covers many scenarios of decline, examples and data showing us the rate of accelerating change and many arguments for increasing resilience personally, as a community, and nationally. The changes we shall face on our journey to 2012 we should consider moral ...

The Road to 2015: Profiles of the Future

John L. Petersen

Waite Group Pr, 1994

Prelude to some very tough future choices
The road traversed by humanity has always been filled with bumps, potholes, rough edges, and unpredictable forks. However, when the artificial sun appeared in 1945, some of the potholes became chasms. For the first time, it became possible for humans to rid the earth ...

Dinosaurs (Matter-of-Fact Books)

Martin L. Keen, Donald D. Wolf

Grosset & Dunlap, 1982

HMMMM....
AS I ORDERED THIS ITEM BY ACCIDENT...MY "OPINION" MAY NOT BE FAIR... HOWEVER AS I WAS COLLECTING DINOSAUR STUFF FOR MY SON'S BIRTHDAY, I COULD HAVE USED IT... I THOUGHT HOWEVER THAT THE PICS SEEMED A BIT DATED, LIKE AS IF I WAS BUYING THIS OUT OF THE 70'S... BUT LIKE ...

Outstanding Stories By General Authorities, Volume II (1972 Hardcover Printing, 73136241)
Joseph Anderson, Marvin J. Ashton, ...

Deseret Books, 1972

Outstanding Stories By General Authorities, Volume II. 1972 Hardcover Printing. Second Edition. 278 Pages. Special Limited Edition.

Out of the Blue: How to Anticipate Big Future Surprises

John L. Petersen

Madison Books, 2000

Out of the Box Thinking, Well-Structured
Edit of 21 Dec 07 to add link. I recommend this book, updated from the 1997 version, very highly. It is a well-structured look at all sorts of "jokers" or "wild cards", and I particularly like the methodology for calculating impact across nine factors (rate of ...

West Nile virus-associated flaccid paralysis.(RESEARCH): An article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases
James J. Sejvar, Amy V. Bode, ...

U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases, 2005

This digital document is an article from Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases on July 1, 2005. The length of the article is 4919 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker ...

The SBL Handbook of Style: For Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, and Early Christian Studies

Hendrickson Publishers, 1999

The New Standard
This easy-to-use, inexpensive volume is a must-own for all who write in the fields of biblical and ancient near eastern studies. College and seminary students, graduate students, teachers, and researchers will find this book a fine substitute for Turabian and/or the ...

The "wild cards" in our future: preparing for the improbable.: An article from: The Futurist
John L. Petersen

World Future Society, 1997

This digital document is an article from The Futurist, published by World Future Society on July 1, 1997. The length of the article is 2664 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it ...

Small security nanotechnology and future defense (SuDoc D 5.420:8)
John L. Petersen

Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University, 2002

This digital document is an article from Defense Horizons, published by National Defense University on March 1, 2002. The length of the article is 4186 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You ...

West Nile virus--associated flaccid paralysis outcome.(DISPATCHES) : An article from: Emerging Infectious ...
James J. Sejvar, Amy V. Bode, ...

Thomson Gale, 2006

This digital document is an article from Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by Thomson Gale on March 1, 2006. The length of the article is 2313 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can ...

Learning to love leisure. (security at Macomb Park District, IL) (Park Security): An article from: Security ...
John Chuvala, Raymond L. Petersen

American Society for Industrial Security, 1994

This digital document is an article from Security Management, published by American Society for Industrial Security on September 1, 1994. The length of the article is 2141 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately ...

The Y2K problem: social chaos or social transformation? (year 2000 computer problem)(includes related article ...
John L. Petersen, Margaret Wheatley, ...

World Future Society, 1998

This digital document is an article from The Futurist, published by World Future Society on October 1, 1998. The length of the article is 4773 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it ...

Terrorism requires new solutions: only unconventional thinking will help us reduce the threats we now face.: ...
John L. Petersen

World Future Society, 2002

This digital document is an article from The Futurist, published by World Future Society on September 1, 2002. The length of the article is 856 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view ...