Saturday, 29 June 2013

James Martin obituary

 Martin endowed what became the Oxford Martin School with $150m for research into the future challenges facing humankind. Photograph: David Sandison/Rex
James Martin, who has died aged 79, was one of the world's most prominent futurologists. Martin made a personal fortune from writing dozens of bestselling computer textbooks, giving executive seminars around the world and establishing a major IT consultancy. A growing preoccupation with the future of humankind led him to make the largest

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