What the Future Looks Like : : Sciencists Predict the Next Great Discoveries and Reveal how Today's Breakthroughs are Already Shaping our World
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Originally published as: What's next? / edited by Jim Al-Khalili (London : Profile Books, 2017).
Contents: Demographics. -- Biosphere. -- Climate change. -- Future of medicine. -- Genomics and genetic engineering. -- Synthetic biology. -- Transhumanism. -- Cloud and "internet of things" -- Cybersecurity. -- Artificial intelligence. -- Quantum computing. -- Smart materials. -- Energy. -- Transportation. -- Robotics. -- Interstellar travel and colonizing the solar system. -- Apocalypse. -- Teleportation and time travel.
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PUBLISHED
New York : The Experiment, 2018.
Year Published: 2018
Description: 240 pages ; 21 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781615194704
1615194703
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Al-Khalili, Jim, 1962-
Ball, Philip, 1962-
Vince, Gaia.
Slingo, Julia, 1950-
Kucharski, Adam.
Prasad, Aarathi.
Rutherford, Adam.
Walker, Mark
Climer, Naomi.
Woodward, Alan.
Boden, Margaret A.
Hensinger, Winfried K.
Ploszajski, Anna.
Hardy, Jeff.
Miles, John.
Sharkey, Noel.
Preston, Louisa.
Dartnell, Lewis.
SUBJECTS
Science -- Forecasting.
Technological forecasting.