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Cmo la ciencia modelar el futuro de la humanidad y nuestra vida diaria en el siglo XXI. Con toda probabilidad, en 2100 podremos mover objetos con la mente, la inteligencia artificial estar en todas partes, la medicina molecular permitir cultivar casi cualquier rgano y los rpidos avances en investigacin gentica harn posible alargar la vida humana de forma espectacular. Pero estas extraordinarias revelaciones son solo la punta del iceberg. Kaku estudia robots sensibles, cohetes de antimateria, visin de rayos X y la posibilidad de crear nuevas formas de vida. Tambin contempla el desarrollo de la economa mundial y formula algunas preguntas clave: quines sern los ganadores y quines los perdedores del futuro?, quines tendrn empleo y qu pases prosperarn? Sin perder de vista los rigurosos principios cientficos y examinando la velocidad a la que madurarn ciertas tecnologas, Michio Kaku nos ofrece un recorrido asombroso a travs de los prximos cien aos de revolucin cientfica. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Space elevators. Internet-enabled contact lenses. Cars that fly by floating on magnetic fields. This is the stuff of science fictionits also daily life in the year 2100. Renowned theoretical physicist Michio Kaku details the developments in computer technology, artificial intelligence, medicine, space travel, and more, that are poised to happen over the next hundred years. He also considers how these inventions will affect the world economy, addressing the key questions: Who will have jobs? Which nations will prosper? Kaku interviews three hundred of the worlds top scientistsworking in their labs on astonishing prototypes. He also takes into account the rigorous scientific principles that regulate how quickly, how safely, and how far technologies can advance. In Physics of the Future, Kaku forecasts a century of earthshaking advances in technology that could make even the last centuries leaps and bounds seem insignificant.
