Books like 2025 by Joseph F. Coates

Explains the interplay between science, engineering, and society through selected scientific principles.

Jeff Rubin explains how falling oil supplies and rising prices will reshape the global economy, reduce long‑distance trade, and force a return to local production, while offering policies and personal actions to harness the coming shift.

Isaac Asimov’s *On the Past, Present & Future* is a collection of essays that explores how science, technology, and social change have shaped human history and will continue to influence the twenty‑first century.

Americans are expressing deep concern about US dependence on petroleum, rising energy prices, and the threat of climate change. Unlike the energy crisis of the 1970s, however, there is a lurking fear that now the times are different and the crisis may not easily be resolved. The Long Descent examines the basis of such fear through three core themes: Industrial society is following the same well-worn path that has led other civilizations into decline, a path involving a much slower and more complex transformation than the sudden catastrophes imagined by so many social critics today. The roots of the crisis lie in the cultural stories that shape the way we understand the world. Since problems cannot be solved with the same thinking that created them, these ways of thinking need to be replaced with others better suited to the needs of our time. It is too late for massive programs for top-down change; the change must come from individuals.

In a tightly controlled 21st‑century Britain, the unchallengeable social system is put to the test by young computer wizard Kitson and his partner Keri as they seek to uncover hidden truths about power and technology.