The countdown to the millennium is underway. Stewart offers a head start for exploring the issues and events surrounding the year 2000. General The Worldwide Observatory of the Year 2000 takes you to hundreds of projects and observances. Foreign Languages You can look to the south for the Millennium Peace Event in Costa Rica. A Space Odyssey, based on the novel of the same title.
Many people are astounded at how technologically accurate the book was.
2001's Computer as Dream and Reality , from MIT Press. Math Many celebrations, festivals, and other commemorations will ring in the year 2000. One building under construction in Greenwich, England will feature the largest dome in the world. Find out just how large . Science Students are sure to ask questions about exactly when the next millennium arrives.