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What's next? : even scientists can't predict the future - or can they ; ed. Jim Al-Khalili

Secondary Author Al-Khalili, Jim Publication London : Profile Books, 2017 Description VI, 250 p. ISBN 978-1781258958 Abstract Thought the science of the future was all hoverboards and space travel? Think again. Every day, scientists come up with the ingenious solutions and surprising discoveries that will define our future. So here, Jim Al-Khalili and his crack team of experts bin the crystal ball and use cutting-edge science to get a glimpse of what's in store. From whether teleportation is really possible (spoiler: it is), to what we'll do if artificial intelligence takes over, What's Next? takes on the big questions. And along the way, it'll answer questions like: Will we find a cure to all diseases? An answer to climate change? Will bionics make us into superheroes? Touching on everything from genetics to transport, and nanotechnology to teleportation, What's Next? is a fascinating, fun and informative look at what's in store for the human race. Topical name Marketing - Novas tendências
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CDU 658.8
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THE FUTURE OF YOUR PLANET
demographics, conservation an climate change

THE FUTURE OF US
Medicine, genetics and transhumanism

THE FUTURE ONLINE
Al, quantum computing and the internet

MAKING THE FUTURE
Engineering, transport an energy

THE FAR FUTURE
Time travel, the apocalypse and living in space

Thought the science of the future was all hoverboards and space travel? Think again.

Every day, scientists come up with the ingenious solutions and surprising discoveries that will define our future. So here, Jim Al-Khalili and his crack team of experts bin the crystal ball and use cutting-edge science to get a glimpse of what's in store.

From whether teleportation is really possible (spoiler: it is), to what we'll do if artificial intelligence takes over, What's Next? takes on the big questions. And along the way, it'll answer questions like: Will we find a cure to all diseases? An answer to climate change? Will bionics make us into superheroes?

Touching on everything from genetics to transport, and nanotechnology to teleportation, What's Next? is a fascinating, fun and informative look at what's in store for the human race.

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