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Kaku, Michio.

Physics of the future : how science will shape human destiny and our daily lives by the year 2100 / Michio Kaku. - 1st ed. - New York : Doubleday, - xviii, 389 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-378) and index.

Predicting the next 100 years -- Future of the computer : mind over matter -- Future of AI : rise of the machines -- Future of medicine : perfection and beyond -- Nanotechnology : everything from nothing? -- Future of energy : energy from the stars -- Future of space travel : to the stars -- Future of wealth : winners and losers -- Future of humanity : planetary civilization -- A day in the life in 2100.

Explains how science will shape human destiny and everyone's daily life by the year 2100. Kaku gives a picture 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.

ISBN: 9780385530804 0385530803 9780307473332 0307473333

LCCN: 2010026569

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
2000-2099

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Science--Social aspects--Forecasting.
Science--History--21st century.
Science.
Science--Social aspects--Forecasting.
Science--Social aspects.
Science--Forecasting.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: Q175.5 / .K257 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 303.48/30112

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 303.483 K12p