What the future looks like : scientists predict the next great discoveries and reveal how today's breakthroughs are already shaping our world / edited by Jim Al-Khalili.
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Originally published as: What's next? / edited by Jim Al-Khalili (London : Profile Books, 2017). Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227) and index.
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What the future looks like : scientists predict the next great discoveries and reveal how today's breakthroughs are already shaping our world / edited by Jim Al-Khalili.
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Al-Khalili, Jim, 1962- editor.
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"Science fact, not science fiction, on the cutting-edge developments that are already changing the course of our future. Every day, scientists conduct pioneering experiments with the potential to transform how we live. Yet it isn't every you hear from the scientists themselves! Now, award-winning author Jim Al-Khalili and his team of top-notch experts explain how today's earthshaking discoveries will shape our world tomorrow--and beyond. The scientists in the pages are interested only in the truth-- reality-based and speculation-free. The future they conjure is by turns tantalizing and sobering: There's plenty to look forward to, but also plenty to dread. And undoubtedly the best way to for us to face tomorrow's greatest challenges is to learn what the future looks like-- today"--From back cover.