Author and physicist michio kaku spoke at the museum of science on march 23, 2011. He worked previously at nature for over 20 years, first as an editor for physical sciences for which his brief extended from biochemistry to quantum. His books published by penguin include parallel worlds, the physics of the future and the physics of the impossible. Our intuition tells us that the future can be changed, but einsteins theory of relativity suggests that there is no real difference. The physics of back to the future starts with a bang.
In term of subject emphasis, i think kakus physicist background is a bit of a hindrance at times. Based on interviews with 300 scientists, his book covers. How science will shape human destiny and our daily lives by the year 2100 9780307473332. It predicts the trend that computing power doubles every 18 months since the invention of the microchip.
Matter, motion, energy, space and time, are some areas of research in physics, although the. Bbc earth physics suggests that the future is already. Short description of book in physics of the future, michio kaku 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 worlds top scientists who are already inventing the future in their labs. He holds the henry semat professorship in theoretical physics at the city university of new york, where he has taught for over twentyfive years.
How science will shape human destiny and our daily lives by the year 2100 is a smart and interesting read, though at times the language could be livelier. How science will shape human destiny and our daily lives by the year 2100 paperback february 21, 2012. Predicting the future based on technological trends of today. The future of physics physics is the science and study of how the universe works.
Released just yesterday, physics of the future is my most ambitious book to date. Kaku believes will come much sooner than generally expected. That is the core message of michio kakus physics of the future. A tale of wrongs righted and second chances, back to the future the trilogy of iconic 80s movies offers a tantalizing possibility to mistakemakers everywhere. The cover of kakus novel offers a visual representation of his vision for the future of human civilization. In physics of the future, michio kakuthe new york times bestselling author of physics of the impossiblegives us a stunning, provocative, and exhilarating vision of the coming century based on interviews with over three hundred of the worlds top scientists who are already inventing the future in their labs. Reading a dull, charmless nonfiction book is almost always better than reading a dull, charmless novel. But theres barely an original turn of phrase in the book. The physics of the future yale scientific magazine. Based on interviews with 300 scientists, his book covers everything from ai and nanotechnology to the dawning of a planetary civilisation. Physics of the future has few sentences so bad that you can tweezer them, like splinters from your toe, and put them on display.
Moores law is one of the best known technological trends. Why everything you thought you knew about quantum physics. The introduction to my newly released book, physics of the. Theoretical physicist michio kaku describes some of the inventions he thinks will appear in the coming century including internetready contact lenses, space elevators and driverless cars in. Entertaining, informative, and imaginative, physics of the impossible probes the very limits of human ingenuity and scientific possibility. Based on interviews with over three hundred of the worlds top scientists, who are already inventing the future. How science will shape human destiny and our daily lives by the year 2100 is a 2011 book by theoretical physicist michio kaku, author of hyperspace and physics of the impossible. Getting started rigid body simulation joint constraints and multibodies deformable bodies contact models interaction handling and. In it kaku speculates about possible future technological development over the next 100 years. Ive been asked a few times about the future of physics, i. Inspired by the fantastic worlds of star trek, star wars, and back to the future, renowned theoretical physicist and bestselling author michio kaku takes an informed, serious, and often surprising look at what our current understanding of the universes physical laws may permit in the near and distant future. Physics suggests that the future is already set in stone. Buy featured book title physics of the future subtitle how science will shape human destiny and our daily lives by the year 2100 author michio kaku. In physics of the future, michio kaku the new york times bestselling author of physics of the impossible gives us a stunning, provocative, and exhilarating vision of the coming century based on interviews with over 300 of the worlds top scientists who are already inventing the future in their labs.
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