Book description
Based on interviews with over three hundred of the world's top
scientists, who are already inventing the future in their labs,
Kaku-in a lucid and engaging fashion-presents the revolutionary
developments in medi cine, computers, quantum physics, and space
travel that will forever change our way of life and alter the course
of civilization itself.
His astonishing revelations include:
The Internet will be in your contact lens. It will recog nize
people's faces, display their biographies, and even translate their
words into subtitles.
You will control computers and appliances via tiny sen sors that
pick up your brain scans. You will be able to rearrange the shape of
objects.
Sensors in your clothing, bathroom, and appliances will monitor your
vitals, and nanobots will scan your DNA and cells for signs of danger,
allowing life expectancy to increase dramatically.
Radically new spaceships, using laser propulsion, may replace the
expensive chemical rockets of today. You may be able to take an
elevator hundreds of miles into space by simply pushing the
"up" button.
Like Physics of the Impossible and Visions before it,
Physics of the Future is an exhilarating, wondrous ride
through the next one hundred years of breathtaking scientific revolution.
Internationally acclaimed physicist Dr Michio Kaku holds the Henry
Semat Chair in Theoretical Physics at the City University of New York.
He is also an international bestselling author, his books including
Hyperspace
and
Parallel Worlds
, and a distinguished writer, having featured in
Time
, the
Wall Street Journal
, the
Sunday Times
and the
New Scientist
to name but a few. Dr Kaku also hosts his own radio show, 'Science
Fantastic', and recently presented the BBC's popular series 'Time'.
