The Future of Humanity

Outline

The Future of Humanity (2018) explores whether humans could one day live beyond Earth. Michio Kaku describes how we might build settlements on the Moon and Mars, explore the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, travel to other stars, and extend human life with new technology. Grounded in real physics and current research, the book offers an inspiring and imaginative look at humanity’s long-term future in space.

• Michio Kaku asks whether humans could one day live beyond Earth, and treats the question as a serious scientific one.
• The book describes how settlements might be built on the Moon and Mars.
• It looks ahead to exploring the moons of Jupiter and Saturn.
• Kaku also considers travel to other stars, the longest-range goal in the book.
• New technology could extend human life, which Kaku presents as part of humanity's long-term future.

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 Physics of the Impossible, The Future of the Mind, The Future of Humanity, and The God Equation.