Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100

图书标准信息

• 作者 Michio Kaku 著
• 出版社 Anchor
• 出版时间 2012-02
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780307473332
• 定价 119.50元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 480页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Spaceelevators.Internet-enabledcontactlenses.Carsthatflybyfloatingonmagneticfields.Thisisthestuffofsciencefiction--it'salsodailylifeintheyear2100.RenownedtheoreticalphysicistMichioKakudetailsthedevelopmentsincomputertechnology,artificialintelligence,medicine,spacetravel,andmore,thatarepoisedtohappenoverthenexthundredyears.Healsoconsidershowtheseinventionswillaffecttheworldeconomy,addressingthekeyquestions:Whowillhavejobs?Whichnationswillprosper?Kakuinterviewsthreehundredoftheworld'stopscientists--workingintheirlabsonastonishingprototypes.Healsotakesintoaccounttherigorousscientificprinciplesthatregulatehowquickly,howsafely,andhowfartechnologiescanadvance.In"PhysicsoftheFuture,"Kakuforecastsacenturyofearthshakingadvancesintechnologythatcouldmakeeventhelastcenturies'leapsandboundsseeminsignificant.

【作者简介】

MichioKakuisaprofessorofphysicsattheCityUniversityofNewYork,cofounderofstringfieldtheory,andtheauthorofseveralwidelyacclaimedsciencebooks,includingHyperspace,BeyondEinstein,andPhysicsoftheImpossible—thebasisforhisScienceChannelTVshow,SciFiScience:PhysicsoftheImpossible—andthehostoftworadioprograms,ExplorationsandScienceFantastic.