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Take it easy: that's Michio Kaku's motto. Given the extraordinary advances science has thrown up in time for the millennium, the only way you could possibly fit them into a single volume is by a correspondingly massive simplification.
Subtitled "How science will revolutionise the 21st century and beyond" Visionsassumes that by and large scientists get to do whatever they like, that all technologies are consumer technologies and that consumers welcome anything and everything science throws at them. Kaku gets away with this frankly dodgy strategy by dint of sheer hard work. He has based his predictions on interviews with more than 150 renowned working scientists, he integrates these interviews with a huge body of original journalistic material and above all he roots that mass of information on an entirely reasonable model of what the purpose of science will be in the third millennium. Up until now, science has expended its efforts on decoding most of the fundamental natural processes--"the dance," as Kaku puts it, of elementary particles deep inside stars and the rhythms of DNA molecules coiling and uncoiling within our bodies". Science's task now, Kaku believes, is to cross- pollinate advances thrown up by the study of matter, biology and mind--modern science's three main theatres of endeavour. "We are now making the transition from amateur chess players to grand masters," he writes, "from observers to choreographers of nature." Then again, he also believes that "the Internet...will eventually become a "Magic Mirror" that appears in fairy tales, able to speak with the wisdom of the human race." Kaku, in short, deserves a good slapping--but he also deserves to be read. --Simon Ings -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Taschenbuch .
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Take it easy: that's Michio Kaku's motto. Given the extraordinary advances science has thrown up in time for the millennium, the only way you could possibly fit them into a single volume is by a correspondingly massive simplification.
Subtitled How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century and Beyond, Visions assumes that, by and large, scientists get to do whatever they like, that all technologies are consumer technologies, and that consumers welcome anything and everything science throws at them. Kaku gets away with this frankly dodgy strategy by dint of sheer hard work. He has based his predictions on interviews with more than 150 renowned working scientists; he integrates these interviews with a huge body of original journalistic material; and, above all, he roots that mass of information on an entirely reasonable model of what the purpose of science will be in the third millennium. Up until now, science has expended its efforts on decoding most of the fundamental natural processes--"the dance," as Kaku puts it, of elementary particles deep inside stars and the rhythms of DNA molecules coiling and uncoiling within our bodies. Science's task now, Kaku believes, is to cross-pollinate advances thrown up by the study of matter, biology, and mind--modern science's three main theaters of endeavor. "We are now making the transition from amateur chess players to grand masters," he writes, "from observers to choreographers of nature." Then again, he also believes that "the Internet ... will eventually become a 'Magic Mirror' that appears in fairy tales, able to speak with the wisdom of the human race." Kaku, in short, deserves a good slapping--but he also deserves to be read. --Simon Ings, Amazon.co.uk
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THREE CENTURIES AGO, Isaac Newton wrote: "...to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on a seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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THREE CENTURIES AGO, Isaac Newton wrote: "...to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on a seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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Michio Kaku is a true visionary. "Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century" is one of the best books I have ever read. It explains complex theories in laymans terms, while still giving enough information to satisfy any intelectual. Visions is a must-read for anyone interested in computers, life sciences, space travel, or any other up-and-coming field of science.
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A visitor from another planet seeking to find Inventive and Creative Geniuses rather than Ingenious Followers should probably look for scientists who popularize complicated science, and Kaku is one of the outstanding people who do this. Others are Gribbin, Ferris, Davies, the late Asimov, Greene, Smolin, Thorne, Ruelle, and a few others. There are exceptions, of course, even in this list, and there are creative geniuses who do not popularize, but in general it seems to be the case that the very creative geniuses find the translation of quantitative language into ordinary English or other verbal languages to be both a source of inspiration for themselves and for others. Kaku, Gribbin, Ferris, and the late Asimov do it often, not just once - and that is an even stronger sign of creativity. Kaku made important contributions to string theory. Most creative geniuses also realize that the essence of science is its spirit of inquiry and knowledge and learning with minimal human error rather than its materialist aspects. Creative geniuses like Aristotle and Da Vinci and Kaku, project ahead - often hundreds of years as Kaku does with the help of Nobel prize winners and other great scientists. They tend to be non-mainstream creators, too, like Socrates and Einstein and Weinberg and Dirac and Edison and Faraday. Those of us who want science, engineering, philosophy, and all subjects to be creative rather than "follower" oriented, would do well to form clasic libraries composed of authors like Kaku.
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Michio Kaku scores again! Much easier and more accessible than his masterpiece "Hyperspace", "Visions" is a glance into Kaku's crystal ball, as he interprets in a veey scientic way, where technology will lead us in Biotechnology, energy, cybernetics, etc . . . into the 21st century. Holographic Memory. . . Machines made out of atams. . . The electron speed barrier . . . nannotechnology . . .genetic engineering and master cells. . . You'll explore all of these things and a lot more as Michio looks a hundred years or less into the future. This book isn't one of those things that is prognasticating but worthless after a few months. The ideas and concepts that Michio will introduce to you will stay with you for a long time, and you'll think about what our future has to hold for us. I wouldn't have any other guide than Mr. Kaku.
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Informative
I hate futuristic books. I don't like raw speculation. So this book, given to me as a gift, surprised me. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 19. Februar 2004 von Professor Joseph L. McCauley
visions: how science will revolutionize the 21st century
This was the best book i ever read! It's like 4 years of college rolled into one book. Although I am a 1964 college graduate (English major), I thought the worlds of quantum... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 24. März 2000 veröffentlicht
Thought Provoking
This book is an easy read and probably begs more questions than it answers. Any one of Prof Kaku's "visions" of life embraced by 21st century technology are thought... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 29. Januar 2000 von Laurence Lazarus
Own the Future!
If the future seems frightening, ominous, perplexing, or in any way stressful to you, then Dr. Michio Kaku has the prescription for your affliction! Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 28. Januar 2000 von Larry D Blumenthal
A bit disappointed - a bit frustrated
I have only just started the book, but have already come across a few aspects which are really frustrating me. Sloppy and misleading writing. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 26. Januar 2000 von A. D. Thacker
Exceptional
May I suggest Dr. Hugh Ross in addition? Near term is a dicey forecast-fraught with embarrasing gotcha's. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 22. Januar 2000 veröffentlicht
An excellent summary of things to come
Visions is an excellent scentific book. A lot of research has gone into it, and he words his findings so that even students can understand. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 10. Januar 2000 von Rufus
A CONTEMPORARY REVISION OF 20TH CENTURY FUTURISM
Michio Kaku is a wonderful, open-minded and genially pedagogical physicist who has pulled off a most pain-stakingly researched essay which extrapolates into the 21st century the... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 24. November 1999 von Conrado Salas Cano
Great Book
If you're interested in scientific research and where it may very well take us, then this is a good read. Pick it up today.
Am 21. September 1999 veröffentlicht
Very readable
What luck when I threw the proverbial dart in the science section of a bookstore and came up with this gem.
Am 11. September 1999 veröffentlicht
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