Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (653 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0399563822 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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To this end, SOONISH investigates ten different emerging fields, from programmable matter to augmented reality, from space elevators to robotic construction, to show us the amazing world we will have, you know, soonish.. Kelly Weinersmith give us a snapshot of what's coming next -- from robot swarms to nuclear fusion powered-toasters. A given future technology may need any number of intermediate technologies to develop first, and many of these critical advances may appear to be irrelevant when they are first discovered. New technologies are almost never the work of isolated geniuses with a neat idea. From a top scientist and the creator of the hugely popular web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, a hilariously illustrated investigation into future technologies -- from how to fling a ship into deep space on the cheap to 3D organ printing What will the wo
Bruton Centennial Professor of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin and author of Quantum Computing Since Democritus "Playful, yet deep." – Dr. George Church, Harvard University "I love this book so much I 3D printed myself a second heart so I could love it more." – Dr. "Space elevators, gold asteroids, and fusion-powered toasters - who knew science could be so much fun? And who knew fun could be so scientific? 'Soonish' is hilarious, provocative, and shamelessly informative." – Tim Harford, author of Messy and The Undercover Economist "Basically, I think this book is a masterpiece, and something I wish I'd written myself.” – Scott Aaronson, David J. Phil Plait, astronomer, author, writer of th
Dr. In addition to being a respected researcher, she cohosts ScienceSort Of, which is one of the top 20 natural science podcasts. Kelly Weinersmith is Adjunct Faculty in the BioSciences Department at Rice University, where she studies parasites that manipulate the behavior of their hosts. Zach Weinersmith is the cartoonist behind the popular geek webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. .