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'''Futures studies''' (also referred to as '''Futurology''') is the study of the future. The discipline was first developed by German professor [[Ossip K. Flechtheim]] in the mid-1940's, who proposed it as a new branch of knowledge that would include a new science of probability. The modern multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural discipline of futurology, emerged in the mid-1960's, according to first-generation futurists [[Olaf Helmer]], [[Bertrand de Jouvenel]], [[Dennis Gabor]], [[Oliver Markley]], [[Burt Nanus]], and [[Wendell Bell]].<ref>[[Wendell Bell|Bell, W.]] (1997). ''Foundations of Futures Studies: Volume 1'' New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers. ISBN 1-56000-271-9.</ref> | |||
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Futures studies (also referred to as Futurology) is the study of the future. The discipline was first developed by German professor Ossip K. Flechtheim in the mid-1940's, who proposed it as a new branch of knowledge that would include a new science of probability. The modern multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural discipline of futurology, emerged in the mid-1960's, according to first-generation futurists Olaf Helmer, Bertrand de Jouvenel, Dennis Gabor, Oliver Markley, Burt Nanus, and Wendell Bell.[1]
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- ↑ Bell, W. (1997). Foundations of Futures Studies: Volume 1 New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers. ISBN 1-56000-271-9.