Frederik Lodewijk Polak (21 May 1907, in Amsterdam – 17 September 1985, in Wassenaar) was one of the Dutch founding fathers of futures studies, perhaps...
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Look up polak or Polak in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Polak is the Polish noun for a Pole (also in several other Slavic languages). It is also a surname...
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"among the most potent of SF's icons". Dutch historian and sociologist Fred Polak distinguished between two categories of works about the future, "future...
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1948 living popcorn report FM-2030 1930 2000 transhumanist, essayist Fred Polak 1907 1985 social studies, wrote The Image of the Future Freeman Dyson...
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International Society for Technology Assessment, related to Bryan Jennett, Fred Polak Ista Pharmaceuticals or ISTA Pharmaceuticals, related to Calvin A. Grant...
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Bezold Daniel Bell David Passig Earl Bakken Edgar Morin Erich Jantsch Fred Polak Gaston Berger Gerard O'Neill Grace Hopper Harlan Cleveland Hazel Henderson...
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Ruud Nijhof (1977–1981) Chairperson Jan van Stuijvenberg (1970–1971) Fred Polak (1971–1973) Mauk de Brauw (1973–1975) Henk Staneke (1975–1977) Zalman...
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office 30 January 1973 – 10 March 1975 Leader Willem Drees Jr. Preceded by Fred Polak Succeeded by Henk Staneke Member of the House of Representatives In office...
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clear". The directors of the bureau have been: Jan Tinbergen (1945–1955) Fred Polak (1955–1957) Pieter de Wolff (1957–1966) Cees van den Beld (1966–1984)...
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Fred Polak and his three children in the servants' quarters of a friend's villa in Huizen, 24 kilometres (15 mi) outside Amsterdam. There the Polaks established...
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