Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century

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OUP Oxford, 4 mars 1999 - 403 pages
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 of harnessing the matter andenergy of the Universe. Visions is an exhilarating adventure into the future of our planet and ourselves.
 

Table des matières

THE COMPUTER REVOLUTION
21
THE BIOMQLECULAR REVOLUTION
137
THE QUANTUM REVOLUTION
263
Notes
356
Recommended Reading
389
Index
394
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À propos de l'auteur (1999)

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.

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