Name: Physics of the Future
ISBN: 9780385530804

Physics of the Future

Imagine, if you can, the world in the year 2100. In Physics of the Future, Michio Kaku -- the New York Timesbestselling author of Physics of the Impossible-- gives us a stunning, provocative, and exhilarating vision of the coming century based on interviews with over three hundred of the world's top scientists who are already inventing the future in their labs. The result is the most authoritative and scientifically accurate description of the revolutionary developments taking place in medicine, computers, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, energy production, and astronautics. In all likelihood, by 2100 we will control computers via tiny brain sensors and, like magicians, move objects around with the power of our minds. Artificial intelligence will be dispersed throughout the environment, and Internet-enabled contact lenses will allow us to access the world's information base or conjure up any image we desire in the blink of an eye. Meanwhile, cars will drive themselves using GPS, and if room-temperature superconductors are discovered, vehicles will effortlessly fly on a cushion of air, coasting on powerful magnetic fields and ushering in the age of magnetism. Using molecular medicine, scientists will be able to grow almost every organ of the body and cure genetic diseases.

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oreallyMar 2022

I think a lot of people are completely missing the point if they're recommending textbooks or prescription-like books - it's very likely you were already interested in these subjects beforehand and are really just upholding that book as a great solution.

What really gets people interested is the narrative behind these subjects. What interesting thing happened within that field of study? What are the current problems we can solve and where are we headed? And the less the technical mumbo-jumbo, the better.

Michio Kaku's books - "Physics of the Future", "The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind (", etc. are the sort that would really influence young, fresh minds to pursue physics. He details what happens, and what could be to a sufficient detail without overloading the user with the mathematical rigour associated with these math heavy subjects.

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espinchiNov 2015

Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100

http://www.amazon.com/Physics-Future-Science-Shape-Destiny-e...

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hownottowriteApr 2015

Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin

Dust by Joseph Amato

The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan

Physics of the Future by Michio Kaku

Most collections by Stephen Jay Gould (though I like "I Have Landed")

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jonnathansonSep 2012

+1.

All of Michio Kaku's physics books are pretty solid, even if there's a bit of overlap among them. "Physics of the Future," for instance, is a decent examination of what he believes will actually be realized in 10, 20, 100, 1000, etc., years. It's a good companion piece to "Impossible."

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