Alvin Toffler (1928–2016)
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Alvin Toffler was born in New York on October 4, 1928. He received a degree in English from New York University in 1950. While in college he helped register black voters in North Carolina. After graduating, he moved to Cleveland, Ohio with his wife Heidi and took a production job in a factory. He visa mer learned to weld and repair machinery. In 1954, he became a reporter for Industry and Welding. He went on to become a reporter for Labor's Daily and then as a labor editor and columnist for Fortune magazine. He left Fortune in 1962 and began a freelance-writing career covering politics, technology, and social science for scholarly journals and writing long interviews for Playboy magazine. He wrote 13 books during his lifetime including Future Shock, The Third Wave, and Powershift. He received a career achievement award in 2005 from the American Society of Journalists and Authors. In 1996, he and his wife formed Toffler Associates, a global forecasting and consulting company. He died on June 27, 2016 at the age of 87. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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Rethinking the Future: Rethinking Business, Principles, Competition, Control and Complexity, Leadership, Markets, and… (1993) — Förord — 116 exemplar
Science Fiction at Large: A Collection of Essays, by Various Hands, about the Interface between Science Fiction and… (1976) — Bidragsgivare — 32 exemplar
Future Shock [1972 film] 2 exemplar
Future Shock [1993 film] 1 exemplar
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- Vedertaget namn
- Toffler, Alvin
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Toffler, Alvin Eugene
- Födelsedag
- 1928-10-04
- Avled
- 2016-06-27
- Begravningsplats
- Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Dödsort
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Bostadsorter
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Washington, D.C., USA
Manchester, Massachusetts, USA
Redding, Connecticut, USA - Utbildning
- New York University (BA|1950)
- Yrken
- welder
journalist
futurologist - Relationer
- Toffler, Heidi (wife)
- Organisationer
- Fortune
Toffler Associates - Priser och utmärkelser
- American Society of Journalists and Authors career achievement award (2005)
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (1984)
Officier de L'Ordre des Arts et Lettres (1984)
McKinsey Foundation Book Award for Contributions to Management Literature (1970)
Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger (1972)
American Society of Journalists and Authors Author of the Year 91983)
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