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Visions
How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century
by Michio Kaku
ISBN: 0385484984
ISBN-13: 9780385484985
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
Kaku examines how quantum mechanics, bio-genetics, and artificial intelligence will dramatically alter science and the way we will live in the 21st century.
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"Find a scientist who can write and you often get fascinating material....Michio Kaku, the author of VISIONS, falls into this category, giving us a narrative that convincingly and comprehensively fuses artificial intelligence, genetics and quantum physics in telling us what to expect in the 21st century....Kaku, who interviewed 150 scientists for this book, writes poetically but is relatively unhyped in his conclusions, which are worth reading by anyone who wants a well researched notion of what could happen within the lifetimes of many of us." -- Karen Southwick
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Random House Inc
Published date: 1997
Size: 6.5 x 10 inches
Weight: 1.6 pounds
Pages: 403
Publisher's Notes
In a spellbinding narrative that skillfully weaves together cutting-edge research among todays foremost scientists, theoretical physicist Michio Kaku--author of the bestselling book Hyperspace--presents a bold, exhilarating adventure into the science of tomorrow.In Visions, Dr. Kaku examines in vivid detail how the three scientific revolutions that profoundly reshaped the twentieth century--the quantum, biogenetic, and computer revolutions--will transform the way we live in the twenty-first century. The fundamental elements of matter and life--the particles of the atom and the nucleus of the cell--have now been decoded, closing one of the great chapters of scientific history. But this is just the preface to an even more far-reaching scientific revolution, as we make the transition from being passive observers of the mysteries of nature to becoming masters of nature, able to manipulate matter, life, and intelligence to remold the world around us.In the first part of Visions, Dr. Kaku discusses the cyber future, when millions of microprocessors are scattered throughout our environment; when the iron principle that has ruled the computer industry, Moores Law, finally collapses, forcing scientists to adopt startling new designs like DNA computers and quantum computers; and when artificial intelligence systems finally arrive.In the next section, Dr. Kaku shows how the decoding of DNA will allow us to conquer devastating genetic diseases, defeat many cancers at the molecular level, synthesize new medicines using virtual reality, grow new organs, conquer aging and reshape our genetic inheritance.Finally, he explores how quantum physicists will perfect new ways to harness the cosmic energy of the universe--from molecular machines to supermagnets that may energize a second industrial revolution, to powerful fusion engines that one day may take us to the stars.What makes Michio Kaku's vision of the future of science so compelling and authoritative is that it is based on the groundbreaking research already underway at leading laboratories around the world. Weaving interviews with over 150 scientists--several of them Nobel laureates--into a rich, inspiring narrative, Dr. Kaku reveals the growing consensus among key scientists about how science will likely evolve through the early, middle, and late years of the twenty-first century.An intimate, thrilling tour through the next century of science, Visions is a riveting, essential map to how scientists will reshape our future.
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Anchor Books, 1997. Minor reading wear, and tiny cover dings. No structural defects. Strong square binding. Some neat, pencilled underlining, not excessive. Overall, very servicable, and a good value. 403pp. . First Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Octavo: 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Kaku, Michio
New York: Anchor Books, 1997 Blue boards have slight amount of shelf wear and bumping. Dust jacket has light wear, rubbing and bumping. Pages are clean and bright. Includes few black and white photographs. Includes a look at the future of the various sciences, from computers to biology to the stars and beyond. 403 tight and clean pages.. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Anchor Books, 1997. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1997, Trade Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 403pp., index, bibliography, notes, illustrated. Fine/No Jacket. Black illustrated card covers, a clean, tight, and unmarked copy. Michio Kaku explores the three pillars of the 20th century - Matter, the quantum revolution; Life, the biomolecular revolution; and The Mind, the computer revolution-will dramatically revolutionize the science of tomorrow, as we move from discovering the basic forces of nature to becoming choreographers of nature.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Anchor Books, 1997. New York, NY, U.S.A.Anchor Books. 1997. Hard Cover. First Edition. 1st Printing, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xii, 403 pp., index;, bibliography, notes, illustrated. Very Good/Very Good. Black cloth spine on blue boards with gilt titles, name and blind-stamp on flyleaf, light shelfwear, a clean and tight copy. Unclipped dust jacket with light edgewear. In a spellbinding narrative that skillfully weaves together cutting-edge research among today's foremost scientists, theoretical physicist Michio Kaku-author of the bestselling book Hyperspace-presents a bold, exhilarating adventure into the science of tomorrow. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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New York: Doubleday. January 15, 199. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NF/NF. A wonderful tight clean copy, protected in a new brodart wrapper dj unclipp ed, not an ex-lib; Michio Kaku's book Visions makes a bunch of forecasts about the shape of human life in the 21st century and well beyond. Kaku ... attempts to divine the fate not only of human minds and bodies but also of computers, robots and man-machine blends, along with the fates of the sun and all of its planets and their moons from now until the heat death of the universe. You can't say he isn't ambitious.... Forecasting the future is an essentially harmless form of infotainment, like visiting the World's Fair. Go ahead, indulge yourself. Just don't confuse predicting with knowing what's going to happen. ( more information)
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VISIONS:HOW SCIENCE WILL REVOLUTIONIZE THE 21ST CENTURY
Kaku, Michio
New York. 1997. Anchor Books/Doubleday. 1st Edition. Very Good In Dustjacket. pages: 404 pages. Cover: Jacket illustration by Wides & Holl. keywords: Science . ISBN: 0385484984. In VISIONS, Dr. Kaku examines in vivid detail how the three scientific revolutions that profoundly reshaped the twentieth-century - the quantum, biogenetic, and computer revolutions - will transform the way we live in the twenty-first century. What makes Michio Kaku’s vision of the future of science so compelling and authoritative is that it is based on the groundbreaking research already underway at leading laboratories around the world. Weaving interviews with over 150 scientists - several of them Nobel laureates - into a rich, inspiring narrative, Dr. Kaku reveals the growing consensus among key scientists about how science will likely evolve through the early, middle, and late years of the twenty-first century. keywords: Science inventory # 24475. ISBN: 0385484984. ( more information)
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Michio Kaku
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New York: Anchor Books; Doubleday, 1997 xii, 403 pp., illus., biblio., index; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated "First Anchor Books Edition: October 1997." Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "In a spellbinding narrative that skillfully weaves together cutting-edge research among today's foremost scientists, theoretical physicist Michio Kaku--author of the bestselling book Hyperspace--presents a bold, exhilarating adventure into the science of tomorrow. In Visions, Dr. Kaku examines in vivid detail how the three scientific revolutions that profoundly reshaped the twentieth century--the quantum, biogenetic, and computer revolutions--will transform the way we live in the twenty-first century. The fundamental elements of matter and life--the particles of the atom and the nucleus of the cell--have now been decoded, closing one of the great chapters of scientific history. But this is just the preface to an even more far-reaching scientific revolution, as we make the transition from being passive observers of the mysteries of nature to becoming masters of nature, able to manipulate matter, life, and intelligence to remold the world around us. In the first part of Visions, Dr. Kaku discusses the cyber future, when millions of microprocessors are scattered throughout our environment; when the iron principle that has ruled the computer industry, Moore's Law, finally collapses, forcing scientists to adopt startling new designs like DNA computers and quantum computers; and when artificial intelligence systems finally arrive. In the next section, Dr. Kaku shows how the decoding of DNA will allow us to conquer devastating genetic diseases, defeat many cancers at the molecular level, synthesize new medicines using virtual reality, grow new organs, conquer aging and reshape our genetic inheritance. Finally, he explores how quantum physicists will perfect new ways to harness the cosmic energy of the universe--from molecular machines to supermagnets that may energize a second industrial revolution, to powerful fusion engines that one day may take us to the stars. What makes Michio Kaku's vision of the future of science so compelling and authoritative is that it is based on the groundbreaking research already underway at leading laboratories around the world. Weaving interviews with over 150 scientists--several of them Nobel laureates--into a rich, inspiring narrative, Dr. Kaku reveals the growing consensus among key scientists about how science will likely evolve through the early, middle, and late years of the twenty-first century. An intimate, thrilling tour through the next century of science, Visions is a riveting, essential map to how scientists will reshape our future. / Michio Kaku is the Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics at the City College of New York. Cofounder of string field theory, he is the author of the critically acclaimed and bestselling Hyperspace, as well as Beyond Einstein (with Jennifer Thompson), Quantum Field Theory: A Modern Introduction, and Introduction to Superstrings. He hosts an hour-long weekly radio science program that is nationally syndicated." - Publisher.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collectible. ( more information)
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Michio Kaku
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