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Making the Future
Sep 19, 2024 9:10 PM

Author:Noam Chomsky

Making the Future

Making the Future is the latest collection of essays from Noam Chomsky, one of our most vital and provocative voices of political dissent.

Taking up the thread from 2007's Interventions, these penetrating and compelling articles examine numerous topics, including the financial crisis, Obama's presidency, WikiLeaks and the on-going conflicts in the Middle East.

Restating and refining his commitment to democracy and finding inspiration in the popular uprisings of the Arab Spring, Making the Future is Chomsky's fiercely-argued and timely comment on a fast-changing world.

Praise for Noam Chomsky:

'Chomsky is one of a small band of individuals fighting a whole industry. And that makes him not only brilliant, but heroic' Arundhati Roy

'Noam Chomsky is a global phenomenon . . . he may be the most widely read American voice on foreign policy on the planet today' New York Times Book Review

'Noam Chomsky is an inspiration all over the world - to millions I suspect - for the simple reason that he is a truth-teller on an epic scale' John Pilger

Reviews

Chomsky is one of a small band of individuals fighting a whole industry. And that makes him not only brilliant, but heroic

—— Arundhati Roy

Noam Chomsky is an inspiration all over the world - to millions I suspect - for the simple reason that he is a truth-teller on an epic scale

—— John Pilger

Noam Chomsky is a global phenomenon . . . he may be the most widely read American voice on foreign policy on the planet today

—— The New York Times Book Review

The spookiest story of 1994...A terrifying premonition of what might come out of the woods

—— The Sunday Times

The first chapter of The Hot Zone is one of the most horrifying things I've read in my entire life...And then it gets worse. What a remarkable piece of work. I devoured it in two or three sittings and have a feeling the memories will linger a long time

—— Stephen King

With over a decade of experience as the science correspondent for the Times, Henderson has seen it all. Today science is enjoying unprecedented coverage in the media and recognition in popular culture. Here is the account of how and why this has happened, how science works and how it is perceived, warts and all.. Fascinating stuff.

—— Jim Al-Khalili

In this timely and important book, Mark Henderson explains why Geeks are on the march - and why the world will become a better place as a result.

—— Tim Harford

Long overdue ... If you care about science or politics you'd be a food not to read this. Five Stars.

—— Guru Magazine

Mark Henderson's new book shows that CP Snow's 'Two Cultures' are still all too apparent in today's society, and also charts the frustrating tussle for power between forces of irrationality and the rational over recent years. Henderson advances a compelling argument that we shouldn't be ashamed of rational thinking, but instead, we need to recognise and embrace the importance of science in our politics, education, economy and culture.

—— Professor Alice Roberts

Should be required reading for those with an interest in science. But more importantly it should be read by those for whom science is a closed book or a source of suspicion.

—— The Word

The revenge of the geeks begins here. Mark's trenchant defence of facts and evidence should be read by every seeker after truth in the country.

—— David Lipsey, Labour peer and former Government advisor

an entertaining call to arms for scientists, engineers, skeptics, rationalists and fans of the scientific method

—— Engineering & Technology

superb... Required reading for those who love science and recognise the need to ‘geek the vote’

—— Douglas Kell

A powerfully argued case for scientific understanding and methods to play a central role in the national conversation

—— The Observer

A passionate rallying cry for more scientific, evidence-based judgment in public life

—— James Urquhart, FT Weekend

Engrossing

—— New York Magazine

An idea that is so lateral and clever, so powerfully evocative and masterfully executed that the only appropriate response is fervent envy

—— New Statesman

A wonderful idea ... a hugely enjoyable and thought-provoking book

—— Scotsman

Fascinating, absorbing

—— Good Book Guide

A quick, absorbing read - a summer beach book with brains

—— Bloomberg

If you can stomach only one end-of-the world-as-we-know it story this summer, none is more audacious or interesting than Alan Weisman's The World Without Us

—— The Boston Globe

His is an extraordinary story laced with tragedy

—— Mail on Sunday

[Root's] life story, vividly related here, is crammed with incident and adventure. Curious, creative and fearless, he has diced with death on numerous occasions and been mauled several times in his efforts to capture the daily lives of everything from silver-back gorillas to leopards in the wild on film. A gripping account of a life well lived

—— Good Book Guide
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