`The book had to have something specific,' Procee and Baas write in their preface. Its title, 202020, is not drawn not only from the twenty scientists that give their view on the UT in the year 2020, but also from the `peculiarity of the name of this university'. Twente is pronounced `twenty' in English.
Most surprising is the view of Marijk van der Wende, professor of comparative studies in higher education: `In 2020 the UT will definitively have risen in what is now called the 3 TU federation and what will then be called the Dutch Institute of Technology (DIT).'
Albert van den Berg, professor of nanotechnology, expects that man will be able to sit on the chair of the creator himself, because of optimal shaping of cells. But, he wonders, `Could and should you do that kind of thing?'
The book was handed out on the professorial dinner last week in the Boerderij, which also had the ninth lustrum as a theme.
Trans. H. van Dorp
