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Physics of the Future by Michio Kaku, 2011 TPB
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- 9780307473332
- Book Title
- Physics of the Future : How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100
- Item Length
- 8in
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Science, Social Science
- Topic
- Philosophy & Social Aspects, Social Aspects, Future Studies, General, History, Physics / General
- Item Width
- 5.2in
- Item Weight
- 16 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 480 Pages
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Space elevators. Internet-enabled contact lenses. Cars that fly by floating on magnetic fields. This is the stuff of science fiction--it's also daily life in the year 2100. Renowned theoretical physicist Michio Kaku details the developments in computer technology, artificial intelligence, medicine, space travel, and more, that are poised to happen over the next hundred years. He also considers how these inventions will affect the world economy, addressing the key questions: Who will have jobs? Which nations will prosper? Kaku interviews three hundred of the world's top scientists--working in their labs on astonishing prototypes. He also takes into account the rigorous scientific principles that regulate how quickly, how safely, and how far technologies can advance. In Physics of the Future, Kaku forecasts a century of earthshaking advances in technology that could make even the last centuries' leaps and bounds seem insignificant.
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0307473333
ISBN-13
9780307473332
eBay Product ID (ePID)
144841743
Product Key Features
Book Title
Physics of the Future : How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Philosophy & Social Aspects, Social Aspects, Future Studies, General, History, Physics / General
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Science, Social Science
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Q175.5.K257 2012
Reviews
"Fascinating. . . . [A] wide-ranging tour of what to expect from technological progress over the next century or so." - The Wall Street Journal "A whirlwind tour of technological possibility." - New Scientist "Mak[es] the exponential character of technological progress stick in the reader's head, so that they come to look at the world differently." - The Sunday Telegraph (London) "[ Physics of the Future ] has the ability to surprise and enthrall and frighten." - The New York Times "[Kaku] has the rare ability to take complicated scientific theories and turn them into readable tales about what our lives will be like in the future. . . . Fascinating. And just a little bit spooky." - USA Today "Mind-bending. . . . [An] alternately fascinating and frightening book." - San Francisco Chronicle "Kaku is a tireless science popularizer. . . . [He gets] the juices of future physicists flowing." - Los Angeles Times "[Kaku] has a knack for making complex ideas entertaining." - The Charlotte Observer "Erudite [and] compelling." - Chicago Tribune "One cannot help but feel buoyed that the miraculous world the author presents may really be less than a hundred years hence." -- Louisville Courier-Journal, "Fascinating. . . . [A] wide-ranging tour of what to expect from technological progress over the next century or so." -- The Wall Street Journal "A whirlwind tour of technological possibility." -- New Scientist "Mak[es] the exponential character of technological progress stick in the reader's head, so that they come to look at the world differently." -- The Sunday Telegraph (London) "[ Physics of the Future ] has the ability to surprise and enthrall and frighten." -- The New York Times "[Kaku] has the rare ability to take complicated scientific theories and turn them into readable tales about what our lives will be like in the future. . . . Fascinating. And just a little bit spooky." -- USA Today "Mind-bending. . . . [An] alternately fascinating and frightening book." -- San Francisco Chronicle "Kaku is a tireless science popularizer. . . . [He gets] the juices of future physicists flowing." -- Los Angeles Times "[Kaku] has a knack for making complex ideas entertaining." -- The Charlotte Observer "Erudite [and] compelling." -- Chicago Tribune "One cannot help but feel buoyed that the miraculous world the author presents may really be less than a hundred years hence." -- Louisville Courier-Journal, "[A] wide-ranging tour of what to expect from technological progress over the next century or so.... fascinating-and related with commendable clarity"-- Wall Street Journal "Mind-bending....fascinating....Kaku has a gift for explaining incredibly complex concepts, on subjects as far-ranging as nanotechnology and space travel, in language the lay reader can grasp....engrossing"-- San Francisco Chronicle "[Kaku] has the rare ability to take complicated scientific theories and turn them into readable tales about what our lives will be like in the future.....fun...fascinating. And just a little bit spooky"-- USA Today "Following in the footsteps of Leonardo da Vinci and Jules Verne, Kaku, author of a handful of books about science, looks into the not-so-distant future and envisions what the world will look like. It should be an exciting place, with driverless cars, Internet glasses, universal translators, robot surgeons, the resurrection of extinct life forms, designer children, space tourism, a manned mission to Mars, none of which turn out to be as science-fictiony as they sound. In fact, the most exciting thing about the book is the fact that most of the developments Kaku discusses can be directly extrapolated from existing technologies. Robot surgeons and driverless cars, for example, already exist in rudimentary forms. Kaku, a physics professor and one of the originators of the string field theory (an offshoot of the more general string theory), draws on current research to show how, in a very real sense, our future has already been written. The book's lively, user-friendly style should appeal equally to fans of science fiction and popular science." -- Booklist Praise for MICHIO KAKU "Mesmerizing . . . the reader exits dizzy, elated, and looking at the world in a literally revolutionary way." - Washington Post Book World "With his lucid and wry style, his knack for bringing the most ethereal ideas down to earth, and his willingness to indulge in a little scientifically informed futurology now and then . . . Michio Kaku has written one of the best popular accounts of higher physics." - Wall Street Journal "What a wonderful adventure it is, trying to think the unthinkable." - New York Times Book Review "An erudite, compelling, insider's look into the most mind-bending potential of science research." - Chicago Tribune "Accessible, entertaining, and inspiring" - New Scientist "Mesmerizing information breathtakingly presented . . . thoroughly engaging . . . magnificent!" - Philadelphia Inquirer "An invigorating experience" -Christian Science Monitor "Kaku covers a tremendous amount of material . . . in a clear and lively way." - Los Angeles Times Book Review From the Hardcover edition., "Fascinating. . . . [A] wide-ranging tour of what to expect from technological progress over the next century or so." - The Wall Street Journal "A whirlwind tour of technological possibility." - New Scientist "Mak[es] the exponential character of technological progress stick in the reader's head, so that they come to look at the world differently." - The Sunday Telegraph (London) "[ Physics of the Future ] has the ability to surprise and enthrall and frighten." - The New York Times "[Kaku] has the rare ability to take complicated scientific theories and turn them into readable tales about what our lives will be like in the future. . . . Fascinating. And just a little bit spooky." - USA Today "Mind-bending. . . . [An] alternately fascinating and frightening book." - San Francisco Chronicle "Kaku is a tireless science popularizer. . . . [He gets] the juices of future physicists flowing." - Los Angeles Times "[Kaku] has a knack for making complex ideas entertaining." - The Charlotte Observer "Erudite [and] compelling." - Chicago Tribune
Table of Content
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION Predicting the Next 100 years FUTURE OF THE COMPUTER Mind over Matter FUTURE OF AI Rise of the Machines FUTURE OF MEDICINE Perfection and Beyond NANOTECHNOLOGY Everything from Nothing? FUTURE OF ENERGY Energy from the Stars FUTURE OF SPACE TRAVEL To the Stars FUTURE OF WEALTH Winners and Losers FUTURE OF HUMANITY Planetary Civilization A DAY IN THE LIFE IN 2100 NOTES RECOMMENDED READING INDEX
Copyright Date
2012
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
303.48/30112
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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