The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond
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- Author：Michio Kaku
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Summary
The Future of the Mind brings us a stunning new vision of our future in space。 Human civilization is on the verge of living beyond Earth。 But how will it happen？ World-renowned physicist Michio Kaku takes us on a journey to the future， introducing the mind-boggling developments in robotics， nanotechnology and biotechnology that will one day enable us to make our homes among the stars。
Reviews
☼Shannon☼
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This is a great book to read if you need some optimism in your life。
Mike Futcher
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The content is your usual science fare， brought up to date – The Future of Humanity summarises， explains and critiques just about every aspect of mankind's future among the stars， from the immediate Muskian problems of lifting payloads into orbit cheaply and reaching and then colonising Mars， to distant problems such as building a starship， the viability of life on exoplanets and what an interstellar， 'Type III' human civilisation might look like。This is all fascinating stuff， even if it won't b The content is your usual science fare， brought up to date – The Future of Humanity summarises， explains and critiques just about every aspect of mankind's future among the stars， from the immediate Muskian problems of lifting payloads into orbit cheaply and reaching and then colonising Mars， to distant problems such as building a starship， the viability of life on exoplanets and what an interstellar， 'Type III' human civilisation might look like。This is all fascinating stuff， even if it won't be new to many in the target audience。 However， the main strength and selling point of The Future of Humanity is its author， Michio Kaku。 Kaku brings two great qualities to the book: first， his infectious enthusiasm and optimism for the future of our species， even whilst acknowledging the potential pitfalls。 It is hard not to get swept up in his vision， and desire to see what new advancements the next few decades will hold。 He is never too excitable， and in fact his sober， level-headed story-spinning of our future civilisation only makes it seem more incredible， because you realise it could well become true。The second great quality Kaku shows is his impressive ability to bring the most complex astrophysical concepts to heel， and present them tame to the layman in the audience。 I was frequently surprised at the clarity of his prose and， as the book progresses， he outdoes himself: I have long struggled with conceptualising string theory， and then on page 278 Kaku managed to deliver it to me with a bow in a few clean paragraphs。 It is this ability which makes The Future of Humanity so stimulating， and Kaku one of our most potent science educators and popularisers。 。。。more
Robin
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Took me a while to slug through。 At first I was super into it， but I got lost in the middle/end。 I think this book was a little too smart for me。
Mustafa Gebril
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Very interesting， an eye opening book， for the future of humanity。 The last chapter was hard for me to understand。
Beata Siczek
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Fascynujące
Penny Conlan
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It was okay but some parts were pretty fantastic。。。almost science fiction like。 I'm wondering if his popularity has perhaps influenced him to write this way because the public likes or expects it。 It was okay but some parts were pretty fantastic。。。almost science fiction like。 I'm wondering if his popularity has perhaps influenced him to write this way because the public likes or expects it。 。。。more
Paul Holden
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Essential reading for anyone interested in the fate of humans beyond Earth。 Would have been 5 stars but quite a lot of part 3 was a bit heavy on the theoretical physics。 But as the author is a theoretical physicist that can be expected。
Madeline Dew
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this was fun！！ the future of space travel is astonishing and scary and even tho technology is growing at a rapid rate i still struggle to comprehend seeing any of these possibilities in my lifetime？？？ anyway space is fun
Fandom SK
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Recenziu pre Fandom。sk napísal Jozef Girovský:Čo je horšie ako nevedieť？ Nevedieť， že neviem！Samoštúdium v akejkoľvek oblasti skrýva v sebe jednu pascu。 Keď si už myslíte， že o veci niečo viete （a nedajbože takto to aj prezentujete okoliu）， odrazu sa niekde， len tak， nečakane a zákerne， objaví trhlina。 Vy do nej nazriete a zistíte， že ona sa rozširuje a rozširuje… až prídete na to， že ste sa celý čas čľapkali len v jedinom slepom ramene veľkej rieky。Prvá pomoc？ Knihy ako je táto。。。Celú recenziu Recenziu pre Fandom。sk napísal Jozef Girovský:Čo je horšie ako nevedieť？ Nevedieť， že neviem！Samoštúdium v akejkoľvek oblasti skrýva v sebe jednu pascu。 Keď si už myslíte， že o veci niečo viete （a nedajbože takto to aj prezentujete okoliu）， odrazu sa niekde， len tak， nečakane a zákerne， objaví trhlina。 Vy do nej nazriete a zistíte， že ona sa rozširuje a rozširuje… až prídete na to， že ste sa celý čas čľapkali len v jedinom slepom ramene veľkej rieky。Prvá pomoc？ Knihy ako je táto。。。Celú recenziu nájdete na Fandom。sk https://www。fandom。sk/clanok/recenzia。。。 。。。more
The Laughing Man
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A good "entry book" for those who are interested in futurism， transhumanism and so on。 A good "entry book" for those who are interested in futurism， transhumanism and so on。 。。。more
Matthew Wentworth
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A very worthy read。 Sure， there is tons of speculation， but hearing what an expert believes the future could potentially look like is really entertaining， regardless of the plausibility of their statements。 The book is really a crash-course in the science behind science fiction， which generally aligns with my interests。
Gabbie Cruz
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I really enjoyed reading your book。 This deserves a lot of audience。 Why don't you publish it in N0velStar？And they also have an on-going competition that you might want to join。t I really enjoyed reading your book。 This deserves a lot of audience。 Why don't you publish it in N0velStar？And they also have an on-going competition that you might want to join。t 。。。more
David Gilani
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Very good book - I've read a few books about the future of humanity （in some form or other）， but this definitely took on plenty of unique concepts and presented them in a very easy to understand fashion。 It's the kind of book that can rekindle anyone's love in the idea of exploration of the universe。 I've always quite liked the idea that the purpose of life is to discover the purpose of life。。。 and there doesn't seem to be any better way to do that than to explore the stars and push the boundari Very good book - I've read a few books about the future of humanity （in some form or other）， but this definitely took on plenty of unique concepts and presented them in a very easy to understand fashion。 It's the kind of book that can rekindle anyone's love in the idea of exploration of the universe。 I've always quite liked the idea that the purpose of life is to discover the purpose of life。。。 and there doesn't seem to be any better way to do that than to explore the stars and push the boundaries of the universe。 This book is very inspiring in that sense。 。。。more
Eric Mikols
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Interesting read， though I'm not as big of a fan of the privatization of space travel as the author seems to be。 And， I'm not smart of enough to understand the last two chapters， especially when it comes to string theory。 Interesting read， though I'm not as big of a fan of the privatization of space travel as the author seems to be。 And， I'm not smart of enough to understand the last two chapters， especially when it comes to string theory。 。。。more
Daniel Sánchez Romero
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Extraordinay
Tyler
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Michu is very smart， not light reading
Ludi Nel
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Really like the book， but found it a bit boring at times， as I have read so many other books on space travel， technology development etc。 Highly recommend it to someone that does not want to dive too deep technically in the development of human technology。
Dean Kameros
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Peter
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Kaku provides a blueprint to the stars。 It reads like a crash course in theoretical physics toward a unified theory between general relativity and quantum mechanics。 This kind of speculative science intertwines theology and astrophysics to look at possible futures where we close the distance between celestial bodies and harness the power of the multi-verse。 Kaku postulates about post-terrestrial transhumanism when advances in technology will enable our pursuit of exoplanetary colonization。 We ma Kaku provides a blueprint to the stars。 It reads like a crash course in theoretical physics toward a unified theory between general relativity and quantum mechanics。 This kind of speculative science intertwines theology and astrophysics to look at possible futures where we close the distance between celestial bodies and harness the power of the multi-verse。 Kaku postulates about post-terrestrial transhumanism when advances in technology will enable our pursuit of exoplanetary colonization。 We may avoid certain death on our planet by achieving superluminal transport of our consciousness to the far corners of the universe。 Inexorably tied to our future as a spacefaring species is our ability to harness energy at scale—beyond the earth， tapping into the sun's energy， the galaxy and the universe itself in the diaspora to the stars。 。。。more
Thanos Tram
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o Michio Kaku συνεχίζει να μας μαγεύει με ένα εξαιρετικό βιβλίο。Η γραφή συνεχίζει από εκεί που τελείωσαν οι παράλληλοι κόσμοι。 Ο καταξιωμένος φυσικός πιάνει το μέλλον του χρόνου και ξεκινώντας από το τι θα αντιμετωπίσει η ανθρωπότητα τα αμέσως επόμενα χρόνια μας ταξιδεύει στον επόμενο αιώνα， αναλύει τα θεωρητικά και πραγματικά προβλήματα που υπάρχουν στην κατάκτηση του διαστήματος， θέτει ηθικά διλήμματα και τα αναλύει και φτάνει μέχρι τις εσχατιές και το τέλος του σύμπαντος μας。Ένα βιβλίο που σο o Michio Kaku συνεχίζει να μας μαγεύει με ένα εξαιρετικό βιβλίο。Η γραφή συνεχίζει από εκεί που τελείωσαν οι παράλληλοι κόσμοι。 Ο καταξιωμένος φυσικός πιάνει το μέλλον του χρόνου και ξεκινώντας από το τι θα αντιμετωπίσει η ανθρωπότητα τα αμέσως επόμενα χρόνια μας ταξιδεύει στον επόμενο αιώνα， αναλύει τα θεωρητικά και πραγματικά προβλήματα που υπάρχουν στην κατάκτηση του διαστήματος， θέτει ηθικά διλήμματα και τα αναλύει και φτάνει μέχρι τις εσχατιές και το τέλος του σύμπαντος μας。Ένα βιβλίο που σου ανοίγει νέους ορίζοντες και σε κάνει να σκεφτείς και να δεις το μέλλον της ανθρωπότητας με διαφορετικό μάτι。。。。Επίσης όπως και στα προηγούμενα βιβλία του έχει πλούσια βιβλιογραφία και μπορείς να βρεις πολλά βιβλία για να συνεχίσεις την εξερεύνηση σου。 。。。more
Jean
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El futuro de la humanidad， de Micho Kaku， es un libro que está a medio camino entre ciencia para dummies y ciencia ficción especulativa。 Aunque los argumentos que plantea tienen tantos asideros teóricos que decir ciencia ficción no sería del todo correcto。 El Doctor Kaku explica con lujo de detalles diversos aspectos de la cosmología， y plantea variados proyectos de colonización del universo en términos tan prácticos que en cualquier momento las agencias espaciales de las súper potencias podrían El futuro de la humanidad， de Micho Kaku， es un libro que está a medio camino entre ciencia para dummies y ciencia ficción especulativa。 Aunque los argumentos que plantea tienen tantos asideros teóricos que decir ciencia ficción no sería del todo correcto。 El Doctor Kaku explica con lujo de detalles diversos aspectos de la cosmología， y plantea variados proyectos de colonización del universo en términos tan prácticos que en cualquier momento las agencias espaciales de las súper potencias podrían anunciarlos: el establecimiento de bases espaciales en la Luna， la colonización de Marte y las diferentes variables a tener en cuenta， la prolongación de la vida humana， la transmisión de la conciencia a diversas formas que lo ponen a uno a rascarse la cabeza， así como también algunas explicaciones sucintas sobre la Física Cuántica y la Teoría de Cuerdas; en esta última es donde el lector puede sentirse tan emocionado como confundido， reconociendo que el desarrollo de la teoría， permitiría expandir el conocimiento humano y llevar al planeta y la raza humana a un nuevo punto de evolución。 No es un libro que enganche， en muchas ocasiones se vuelve repetitivo y a veces tiene un tono propagandístico que podría deslegitimar los argumentos del autor， pero hacia el final recobra el ritmo y resulta muy interesante y retador。 Es bastante nutritivo para el cerebro。 Si bien la época actual nos presenta un futuro aciago， el Doctor Kaku describe con avidez las posibilidades de preservar la vida humana， llevándola a los confines más remotos del universo， que podría tanto estar en expansión， como comprimiéndose o en riesgo de una ruptura del lienzo que mantiene el espacio – tiempo。 Palabras del autor， no mías。Sin embargo， no dejo de preguntarme por qué deberíamos buscar el futuro en las estrellas y no asumir el reto de preservar la Tierra。 Ya lo dijo Stanislaw Lem: el hombre no quiere conquistar las estrellas sino extender la Tierra。 “El futuro de la humanidad” es casi un manual para entender esta afirmación。 。。。more
Jorge Ruiz
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Un Julio Verne modernoGran libro。 Lectura fácil y comprensible。 Es una ventana a un posible futuro， capaz el mas acertado relato de lo que nos espera como humanidad。 Lo disfruté mucho。
Moses Yuriyvich Mikheyev
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An incredible book about technological advancements that are almost within reach。 Highly recommended and highly readable。
Rick
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Took awhile to catch my interest， but eventually really got me thinking， which is why I love his broad perspective on topics like this。
Catalin Preda
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Great read for the first part of the book regarding transforming Mars into a Terra-like planet and how interstellar travels could be achieved， i learned so much。 But the second part was way beyond my reach when Mr Kaku started explaining his physics theories。 If you are not in this field i bet it will be really hard to keep pace with that and the book becomes a scientific one。All in all， the style is very enjoyable and it worth reading this book。
Will Masterson
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While not much info sci fi （which is what I associated astronomy with）， I had been wondering why Elon Musk and Bezos were so focused on getting to and potentially colonizing Mars。 Why in the world would you want to visit Mars， much less live there？ This book opened my eyes much more about the next thousand years and answered that and many other questions for me。Easy to read。
Priyanka Shah
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Loved it！ It states interesting theories how humans could become inter galactic species in the future based on research going on currently in physics。 It’s a good read， learnt lots of new things I didn’t know before。
Chidiebere Daniels
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I thought this book was an easy， engaging， and educational read。 As a amateur futurist， I really enjoyed learning about the history of space exploration， the technological milestones our species need to hit to extend our footprint in the universe， and what our future might be。 The writing style is clear and direct。 The book is also a good length。 The last 1/6th of the book talked about hardcore quantum physics concepts that honestly lost me。 I understand why the field is important but it’s diffi I thought this book was an easy， engaging， and educational read。 As a amateur futurist， I really enjoyed learning about the history of space exploration， the technological milestones our species need to hit to extend our footprint in the universe， and what our future might be。 The writing style is clear and direct。 The book is also a good length。 The last 1/6th of the book talked about hardcore quantum physics concepts that honestly lost me。 I understand why the field is important but it’s difficult for anyone to really describe in a convincing way 10 dimensions， sub-particles， and the differences between dark energy and dark mass。 Overall great read。 Would recommend 。。。more
Aaron Kadkhodai
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Tour de force on the past， current， and future ideas and efforts to aid humanity in its interplanetary goals to survive an apocalyptic demise。 Michio offers an exciting look at the possibilities with a measured look at the timelines。 Brilliant and looking for to his next book。
Phil
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