What The Future Looks Like: Scientists Predict The Next Great Discoveries And Reveal How Today's Breakthroughs Are Already Shaping Our World
by Jim Al-Khalili /
2018 / English / PDF
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Every day, scientists conduct pioneering experiments with the
potential to transform how we live. Yet it isn’t every day you hear
from the scientists themselves! Now, award-winning author Jim
Al-Khalili and his team of top-notch experts explain how today’s
earthshaking discoveries will shape our world tomorrow―and
beyond.
Every day, scientists conduct pioneering experiments with the
potential to transform how we live. Yet it isn’t every day you hear
from the scientists themselves! Now, award-winning author Jim
Al-Khalili and his team of top-notch experts explain how today’s
earthshaking discoveries will shape our world tomorrow―and
beyond.
Pull back the curtain on genomics, robotics, AI, the “Internet of
Things”, synthetic biology, transhumanism, interstellar travel,
colonization of the solar system, teleportation, and much more. And
find insight into big-picture questions such as: Will we find a
cure to all diseases? The answer to climate change? And will
bionics one day turn us into superheroes?
Pull back the curtain on genomics, robotics, AI, the “Internet of
Things”, synthetic biology, transhumanism, interstellar travel,
colonization of the solar system, teleportation, and much more. And
find insight into big-picture questions such as: Will we find a
cure to all diseases? The answer to climate change? And will
bionics one day turn us into superheroes?
The scientists in these pages are interested only in the
truth―reality-based and speculation-free. The future they conjure
is by turns tantalizing and sobering: There’s plenty to look
forward to, but also plenty to dread. And undoubtedly the best way
to for us to face tomorrow’s greatest challenges is to learn what
the future looks like―today.
The scientists in these pages are interested only in the
truth―reality-based and speculation-free. The future they conjure
is by turns tantalizing and sobering: There’s plenty to look
forward to, but also plenty to dread. And undoubtedly the best way
to for us to face tomorrow’s greatest challenges is to learn what
the future looks like―today.