Physics of the Future

Outline

Physics of the Future (2011) predicts how science and technology could change daily life by the year 2100. Based on interviews with hundreds of leading scientists, Michio Kaku explores coming advances in computers, artificial intelligence, medicine, nanotechnology, energy, and space travel. He explains which developments are likely and when, and considers how they may transform work, health, and society.

• The book predicts how science and technology could change everyday life by the year 2100.
• Kaku bases his forecasts on interviews with hundreds of leading scientists rather than on his own guesses alone.
• The coming advances he covers span computers, artificial intelligence, medicine, nanotechnology, energy, and space travel.
• He separates developments that are likely from those that are not, and explains roughly when each could arrive.
• He also considers how these changes may reshape work, health, and society as a whole.

Michio Kaku is an American theoretical physicist, professor at the City College of New York, and one of the world’s best-known popularisers of science. He is a co-founder of string field theory and a frequent guest on television and radio programmes about science. His bestselling books include Hyperspace, Physics of the Impossible, Physics of the Future, and The God Equation.