Visions : How Science Will Revolutionize The 21st Century And Beyond Paperback

Michio Kaku

New in paperback, from the bestselling author of Hyperspace, this spellbinding book brings together the cutting-edge research of today's foremost scientists to explore the science of tomorrow. Michio Kaku describes the development of computers and artificial intelligence, reveals how the decoding of the genetic structure of DNA will allow us to alter and reshape our genetic inheritance, and observes how quantum physicists are perfecting new ways ofharnessing the matter and energy of the Universe. Visions is an exhilarating adventure into the future of our planet and ourselves.

9780192880185

English

Oxford University Press

4/Mar/99

416

Michio Kaku is Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics at the City College of New York. An internationally acclaimed physicist, he is the co-founder of the string field theory. He hosts a weekly hour-long radio science programme in the USA, and has appeared on many television programmes.

highly accessible and readable * New Scientist * If you only read one book about the 21st century, this is it * Focus *