Michio Kaku
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Language
English
Description
"Formerly the domain of fiction, moving human civilization to the stars is increasingly becoming a scientific possibility--and a necessity. Whether in the near future due to climate change and the depletion of finite resources, or in the distant future due to catastrophic cosmological events, we must face the reality that humans will one day need to leave planet Earth to survive as a species. World-renowned physicist and futurist Michio Kaku explores...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
©2021
Language
English
Description
"Michio Kaku, renowned theoretical physicist and author of Hyperspace and The Future of Humanity, tells the story of the greatest quest in science. When Newton discovered the laws of motion and gravity, he unified the rules of heaven and earth. From then on, physicists have been discovering new forces and incorporating them into ever-greater theories. But the major breakthroughs of the 20th century--relativity and quantum mechanics--are incompatible,...
Author
Publisher
Debate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
"La búsqueda del santo grial de la ciencia por el reputado físico teórico Michio Kaku. Cuando Newton formuló la ley de la gravedad, unificó las reglas que rigen los cielos y la Tierra. Hoy el mayor desafío de la física es encontrar una síntesis de las dos grandes teorías, basadas en principios matemáticos diferentes: la de la relatividad y la cuántica. Combinarlas sería el mayor logro de la ciencia, una profunda fusión de todas las...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"An exhilarating tour of humanity's next great technological achievement-quantum computing-which may eventually unravel the deepest mysteries of science and solve some of humanity's biggest problems, like global warming, world hunger, and incurable disease, by the bestselling author of The God Equation. The runaway success of the microchip processor may be reaching its end. Running up against the physical constraints of smaller and smaller sizes,...
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Language
English
Description
Are there other dimensions beyond our own? Is time travel possible? Can we change the past? Are there gateways to parallel universes? All of us have pondered such questions, but there was a time when scientists dismissed these notions as outlandish speculations. Not any more. Today, they are the focus of the most intense scientific activity in recent memory. In Hyperspace, Michio Kaku offers the first book-length tour of the most exciting (and perhaps...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday, a division of Random House, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A survey of current research into the human mind reveals how top international laboratories have innovated unique technologies for recording profound mental capabilities and enabling controversial opportunities in the field of cognition enhancement.
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Language
English
Description
A riveting look at the climate change solution no one is talking about: hydrogen. The universe's most abundant element, hydrogen is the answer to sustainable clean energy that can power vehicles, homes, factories and entire cities. Yet the renewable community's narrative continues to revolve around batteries in spite of its limitations. Director John Michael Parkan explores the potential of a hydrogen fuel cell future, from the early days of the Clinton...
Author
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Sheds new light on discoveries that have revolutionized the field of cosmology and transformed understanding of the universe, offering an explanation of the multiverse M-theory and its implications in terms of the fate of our own universe.
10) Physics of the future: how science will shape human destiny and our daily lives by the year 2100
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
©2011
Language
English
Description
Explains how science will shape human destiny and everyone's daily life by the year 2100. Kaku gives a picture of the coming century based on interviews with over three hundred of the world's top scientists who are already inventing the future in their labs.
11) The future of humanity: terraforming, interstellar travel, immortality, and our destiny beyond Earth
Author
Publisher
Random House Large Print
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Series
Publisher
Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
©2020
Language
English
Description
Dr. Michio Kaku, one of the most influential living scientists and a New York Times best-selling author, selects the year's top science and nature writing from writers who balance research with humanity and, in the process, uncover riveting stories of discovery across the disciplines.
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Series
UnXplained volume 6
Language
English
Description
Mankind has always pondered what happens after death and what we leave behind. Many wonder what power our bones may hold. Is it possible that our bones hold some sacred power?
Author
Series
UnXplained volume 4
Language
English
Description
Since the dawn of civilization, humanity has been fixated on predicting our own demise. Perhaps it will be asteroids, black holes, or something even more mysterious that will wipe us out. But is there anything we can do?
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Series
UnXplained volume 2
Language
English
Description
For thousands of years, people have believed in the existence of Satan, the embodiment of evil. Some believe he has the power to possess souls and create mayhem amongst humanity. But is Satan a myth?
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Series
UnXplained volume 3
Language
English
Description
Throughout history, many have sought the lost Ark of the Covenant. How could such a coveted religious artifact just disappear? And is it possible that the Ark could actually be found?
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Series
UnXplained volume 1
Language
English
Description
Sunken ships filled with priceless cargo. Lost cities of gold. Ancient temples concealing untold riches. There's something about these hidden treasures that captures the human imagination. But are lost treasures merely the stuff of legend?
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Series
UnXplained volume 7
Language
English
Description
For centuries, humanity has been fixated on Mars--the glowing red orb in the night sky. As a new era of exploration of the Red Planet begins, we are on the cusp of finally solving the Red Planet's mysteries.
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Series
UnXplained volume 5
Language
English
Description
Throughout history many have searched for the secret to everlasting life, but so far, it's eluded them. But is it possible to cheat death and live forever?