Physics of the Future: Humanity's Destiny and Daily Life in the 22nd Century

An astounding journey through the next hundred years of scientific revolution. The future is already being invented in the labs of the world's most cutting-edge scientists. Most likely, by 2100 we will be controlling computers through tiny brain sensors and able to move objects with the power of our minds, as artificial intelligence will be ubiquitous, and internet-connected contact lenses will provide us instant access to all information with just a blink.

Molecular medicine will allow us to grow almost any organ and cure genetic diseases. Millions of tiny DNA sensors and nanoparticles will patrol our blood cells to detect the slightest hint of illness. Rapid advances in genetic research will enable us to slow down or even reverse the aging process, dramatically extending human life.

However, these extraordinary revelations are just the tip of the iceberg. Kaku explores sensitive robots, antimatter rockets, X-ray vision, and the possibility of creating new forms of life. He also considers the development of the global economy and poses two key questions: Who will be the winners and losers of the future? Which countries and people will thrive and which will not?

Without losing sight of rigorous scientific principles and examining the pace at which certain technologies will mature and how far they can go, Michio Kaku offers us in The Physics of the Future an astonishing journey through the next hundred years of scientific revolution.

Reviews: "Accessible, entertaining and inspiring." (New Scientist) "Kaku works with a huge amount of material...in a clear and very pleasant way." (Los Angeles Times Book Review) "What an extraordinary adventure it is to try to think the unthinkable." (The New York Times Book Review) "Fascinating, breathtaking information.... Splendid." (Philadelphia Inquirer) "Hypnotic.... The reader ends up euphoric, happy, and seeing the world in a revolutionary way." (Chicago Tribune)

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