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What the future looks like : scientists predict the next great discoveries and reveal how today's breakthroughs are already shaping our world [electronic resource] / edited byi Jim Al-Khalili.

Al-Khalili, Jim, 1962- (editor.). Cross, Pete (Actor), (narrator.). hoopla digital. (Added Author). Read by Pete Cross. (Cast).

Summary:

Every day, scientists conduct pioneering experiments with the potential to transform how we live. Yet it isn't every day you hear from the scientists themselves! Now, award-winning author Jim Al-Khalili and his team of top-notch experts explain how today's earthshaking discoveries will shape our world tomorrow- and beyond. Pull back the curtain on genomics, robotics, AI, the Internet of Things, synthetic biology, transhumanism, interstellar travel, colonization of the solar system, teleportation, and much more. And find insight into big-picture questions such as: Will we find a cure to all diseases? The answer to climate change? And will bionics one day turn us into superheroes? The scientists in these pages are interested only in the truth- reality-based and speculation-free. The future they conjure is by turns tantalizing and sobering: There's plenty to look forward to, but also plenty to dread. And undoubtedly the best way to for us to face tomorrow's greatest challenges is to learn what the future loo

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781520098166 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
  • ISBN: 1520098162 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 audio file (7hr., 42 min.)) : digital.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: [United States] : Dreamscape Media, LLC, 2018.
  • Distributor: Made available through hoopla

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Restrictions on Access Note:
Digital content provided by hoopla.
Participant or Performer Note:
Read by Pete Cross.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject: Science > Forecasting.
Technological forecasting.

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    Taking on genomics, robotics, AI, the Internet of Things, synthetic biology, interstellar travel, colonization of the solar system, and much more, What the Future Looks Like explores big-picture questions like Will we find a cure to all diseases or the answer to climate change? Will bionics one day turn us into superheroes? Neither celebratory nor alarmist, What the Future Looks Like provides entirely reality-based insight into the science-fueled future that's already unfolding around us.


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