This book lists the 100 most influential persons of all time (as judged by a fictitious person living in the year 3000), ranks them in the order of their overall importance, and gives a brief biography of each person, describing what he or she did, and why it was so important. Half the characters are real persons from the past, the other half are fictitious persons from the next millennium. (Includes historical table, glossary, and index.)

A View from the Year 3000

Hart, Michael H.

Kukeni, Arturo

Biographies & Memoirs

Poseidon Pr

This book speculates about the important inventions, scientific discoveries, and political and social developments, which may occur during the coming millennium. It does this by presenting -- through the eyes of a fictitious author living in the year 3000 -- a list of the 100 men and women who have had the greatest impact on world history and on the everyday lives of individuals. 
The hundred persons are ranked in order of their influence. The main section of the book consists of short biographies of those 100 persons, describing what each person accomplished, and why that person is so important. 
Forty-five of the entries are actual historical personages. These include such well known figures as Jesus Christ, Confucius, Charles Darwin, Christopher Columbus, Albert Einstein, and George Washington. 
Among the fifty-five entries from the third millennium are: Sue Ellen Green (who develops a cancer vaccine); Miguel Carranza (chief founder of the United World Federation); Stella Ricardo Garcia (architect and formscaper); Mika Kivikoski (who develops the technology to control the weather); and Shu Gungwu (who finds the solution to the baffling "mind-body problem"). 
Other topics treated include: space travel and space colonies; medical advances (such as artificial organs, and reversible sex-change operations); arts and entertainment (including music, literature, the visual arts, and sports and games); solar power; philosophy (including political theory, epistemology, semantics, and ethics); mathematics, pollution control, robots, brainwashing; nuclear warfare; robots; and artificial intelligence. 
The book includes a historical chart (listing the main events of both the actual past and the projected future), a list of honorable mentions (and their accomplishments); a glossary, and an extensive index.

A View from the Year 3000: A Ranking of the 100 Most Influential Persons of All Time

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A View from the Year 3000

A View from the Year 3000: A Ranking of the 100 Most Influential Persons of All Time