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| Foreword | p. 9 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 13 |
| Introduction: Converging Currents: Then, Now, and Tomorrow | p. 15 |
| From Fabric Looms to the Internet: The Story of Computing | p. 31 |
| Aviation and Big Buildings | p. 49 |
| New Arts and Sciences | p. 69 |
| Looking Inside: New Technologies and Medicine | p. 87 |
| Computers and Genes | p. 101 |
| New Directions in Biotechnology | p. 115 |
| Cognitive Science: How Do We Know? | p. 129 |
| The Explosion in Information Technology | p. 147 |
| Nanotechnology | p. 173 |
| Metaconvergences: When Big Streams Make Still Bigger Streams | p. 185 |
| Potentials and Promises | p. 215 |
| Pitfalls and Perils | p. 223 |
| Getting There from Here: Challenges and Strategies | p. 235 |
| Notes | p. 247 |
| Index | p. 263 |
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