Visions [electronic resource] : how science will revolutionize the twenty-first century.
By: Kaku, Michio
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TextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: 1 online resource (416 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780191586224 (electronic bk.); 9780585244884 (electronic bk.).Subject(s): Science -- Forecasting | Twenty-first century -- ForecastsGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 363.107 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge: | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| E-book | Davenport Library e-book | E-book | 363.107 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not For Loan | mq389385 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Contents; Preface; PART ONE: VISIONS; CHAPTER 1 Choreographers of Matter, Life, and Intelligence; PART TWO: THE COMPUTER REVOLUTION; CHAPTER 2 The Invisible Computer; CHAPTER 3 The Intelligent Planet; CHAPTER 4 Machines That Think; CHAPTER 5 Beyond Silicon: Cyborgs and the Ultimate Computer; CHAPTER 6 Second Thoughts: Will Humans Become Obsolete?; PART THREE: THE BIOMQLECULAR REVOLUTION; CHAPTER 7 Personal DNA Codes; CHAPTER 8 Conquering Cancer-Fixing Our Genes; CHAPTER 9 Molecular Medicine and the Mind/Body Link; CHAPTER 10 To Live Forever?
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.
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