Physics of the Future & Read-alikes

Consider all the inventions that have been made in the last century, from cars to cell phones. Now, try predicting what the world be like one century from now. It is this daunting question that well-known science writer Michio Kaku considers in his new book The Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100. A few of his predictions include that the Internet will be in your contact lens, you can remotely control appliances by thinking abou them, nanobots will monitor your health and increase your life expectancy, and radically new spaceships using laser propulsion will replace the expensive chemical rockets of today.


For similar speculations on the science of the near future, the readers' advisory database Novelist also recommends: What Remains to be Discovered by John Maddox and The Edge of Physics by Anil Ananthaswamy.