This volume collects the research of today's scientists to explore the possibilities of the science of tomorrow. Among the issues covered are how decoding DNA will allow us to alter and reshape our genetic heritage, and how quantum physicists will harness the energy of the Universe.
Visions, physicist Michio Kaku looks to the future and guides the reader through the science of the next century. Based on many years of research into the pioneering efforts by theoreticians, and groundbreaking research that is taking place in laboratories around the world, Kaku leads us into the next century, predicting an even more far-reaching scientific revolution than the one we have at present.
New in paperback, from the bestselling author of
Hyperspace, this spellbinding book brings together the cutting-edge research of today's foremost scientists to explore the science of tomorrow. Michio Kaku describes the development of computers and artificial intelligence, reveals how the decoding of the genetic structure of DNA will allow us to alter and reshape our genetic inheritance, and observes how quantum physicists are perfecting new ways of harnessing the matter and energy of the Universe.
Visions is an exhilarating adventure into the future of our planet and ourselves.
- Preface
- Part 1: Visions
- 1: Choreographers of matter, life, and intelligence
- Part 2: The Computer Revolution
- 2: The invisible computer
- 3: The intelligent planet
- 4: Machines that think
- 5: Beyond silicon; cyborgs and the ultimate computer
- 6: Second thoughts: will humans become obsolute?
- Part 3: The Biomolecular Revolution
- 7: Personal DNA codes
- 8: Conquering cancer - fixing our genes
- 9: Molecular medicine and the mind/body link
- 10: To live forever?
- 11: Playing God: designer children and clones
- 12: Second thoughts: brave new world?
- Part 4: The Quantum Revolution
- 13: The quantum future
- 14: To reach for the stars
- 15: Birth of a planetary civilization
- 16: Children of the stars
- Index
If you only read one book about the 21st century, this is it Focus
Michio Kaku is Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics at the City College of New York. An internationally acclaimed physicist, he is the co-founder of the string field theory. He hosts a weekly hour-long radio science programme in the USA, and has appeared on many television programmes.
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Michio Kaku is Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics at the City College of New York. An internationally acclaimed physicist, he is the co-founder of the string field theory. He hosts a weekly hour-long radio science programme in the USA, and has appeared on many television programmes.
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Visions, physicist Michio Kaku looks to the future and guides the reader through the science of the next century. Based on many years of research into the pioneering efforts by theoreticians, and groundbreaking research that is taking place in laboratories around the world, Kaku leads us into the next century, predicting an even more far-reaching scientific revolution than the one we have at present.
