Soonish - Emerging Technologies That Will Improve and/or Ruin Everything

What will the world of tomorrow be like? How does progress happen? And why don't we have a lunar colony already? In this witty and entertaining book, Kelly and Zach Weinersmith give us a snapshot of the transformative technologies that are coming next - from robot swarms to nuclear fusion powered-toasters - and explain how they will change our world in astonishing ways. By weaving together their own research, interviews with pioneering scientists and Zach's trademark comics, the Weinersmiths investigate why these innovations are needed, how they would work, and what is standing in their way.

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An unabashed nerd-out of a book, zinging from outer space to DNA, hardly pausing for breath ... The gleeful geeking out makes for a great read - I couldn't help chuckling or outright cracking up a number of times - while surreptitiously teaching some really important science. It's a winning combination. The sheer breadth of topics covered is also amazing: Probably no other book in history has seriously described the science behind both tentacle construction robots and the human nasal cycle Science Colin McCormick

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Kelly Weinersmith, Kell Weinersmith, Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith, Weinersmith Zach
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9781846149009
• ISBN: 978-1-84614-900-9
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; popular science, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Inventions, HUMOR / Form / Comic Strips & Cartoons, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Research, Humour, Impact of science and technology on society, Inventions & inventors, Inventions and inventors, Scientific research