An edition of Skeptics' Guide to the Future
(2022)
Skeptics' Guide to the Future
What Science and Science-Fiction of Yesterday and Today Tell Us about the World of Tomorrow
by Steven Novella, Jay Novella, and Bob Novella
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Informed and directed speculation about the kinds of futures sciences and technologies may deliver.
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forecasting, the future, science, science fiction, technology| Edition | Availability |
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Skeptics' Guide to the Future: What Yesterday's Science and Science Fiction Tell Us about the World of Tomorrow
2023, Grand Central Publishing
in English
1538709554 9781538709559
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The Skeptics' Guide To The Future: What Yesterday's Science and Science Fiction Tell Us About the World of Tomorrow
Sep 27, 2022, Hachette Book Group and Blackstone Publishing
audio cd
1668622785 9781668622780
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Skeptics' Guide to the Future: What Science and Science-Fiction of Yesterday and Today Tell Us about the World of Tomorrow
2022, Grand Central Publishing
in English
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Skeptics' Guide to the Future: What Science and Science-Fiction of Yesterday and Today Tell Us about the World of Tomorrow
2022, Grand Central Publishing
hardcover
in English
1538709562 9781538709566
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Book Details
First Sentence
"The future is a wild fantasy."
Table of Contents
Contents
A Glimpse of the Future
Part One An Introduction to the Future
1. Futurism—Days of Future Passed
2. A Brief History of the Future
3. The Science of Futurism
Future Fiction: 2063 CE
Part Two Today’s Technology That Will Shape Tomorrow (And Tomorrow and Tomorrow...)
4. Genetic Manipulation
5. Stem Cell Technology
6. Brain-Machine Interface
7. Robotics
8. Quantum Computing
9. Artificial Intelligence
10. Self-Driving Cars and Other Forms of Transportation
11. Two-Dimensional Materials and the Stuff the Future Will Be Made of
12. Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Reality
13. Wearable Technology
14. Additive Manufacturing
15. Powering Our Future
Future Fiction: 2209 CE
Part Three Future Technologies That Don’t Exist (Yet)
16. Fusion
17. Mature Nanotechnology
18. Synthetic Life
19. Room-Temperature Superconductors
20. Space Elevators
Future Fiction: 2511 CE
Part Four The Future of Space Travel
21. Nuclear-Thermal Propulsion and Other Advanced Rockets
22. Solar Sails and Laser Propulsion
23. Spaqce Settlements
24. Terraforming Other Worlds
Future Fiction: 23,744 CD
Part Five Science Fiction Tech—What Is and Isn’t Possible
25. Cold Fusion and Free Energy
26. Faster Than Light (FTL) Travel/Communication
27. Artificial Gravity/Antigravity
28. Transporters, Tractor Beams, Lightsabers, and Other Sci-Fi Gadgets
29. Regeneration/Immortality
30. Uploading Consciousness/The Matrix
Conclusion
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Index
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