Skeptics' Guide to the Future
Subtitle: What Science and Science-Fiction of Yesterday and Today Tell Us about the World of Tomorrow
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2022
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9781538709566
Copyright date: 2022
First sentence: The future is a wild fantasy.
Table of contents: title: Contents
pagenum: xi; title: A Glimpse of the Future
pagenum: xv; title: Part One An Introduction to the Future; label: 1
title: Futurism—Days of Future Passed
pagenum: 3; label: 2
title: A Brief History of the Future
pagenum: 8; label: 3
title: The Science of Futurism
pagenum: 25; title: Future Fiction: 2063 CE
pagenum: 30; title: Part Two Today’s Technology That Will Shape Tomorrow (And Tomorrow and Tomorrow...); label: 4
title: Genetic Manipulation
pagenum: 35; label: 5
title: Stem Cell Technology
pagenum: 53; label: 6
title: Brain-Machine Interface
pagenum: 65; label: 7
title: Robotics
pagenum: 78; label: 8
title: Quantum Computing
pagenum: 94; label: 9
title: Artificial Intelligence
pagenum: 106; label: 10
title: Self-Driving Cars and Other Forms of Transportation
pagenum: 120; label: 11
title: Two-Dimensional Materials and the Stuff the Future Will Be Made of
pagenum: 144; label: 12
title: Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Reality
pagenum: 159; label: 13
title: Wearable Technology
pagenum: 174; label: 14
title: Additive Manufacturing
pagenum: 183; label: 15
title: Powering Our Future
pagenum: 195; title: Future Fiction: 2209 CE
pagenum: 211; title: Part Three Future Technologies That Don’t Exist (Yet); label: 16
title: Fusion
pagenum: 217; label: 17
title: Mature Nanotechnology
pagenum: 228; label: 18
title: Synthetic Life
pagenum: 239; label: 19
title: Room-Temperature Superconductors
pagenum: 249; label: 20
title: Space Elevators
pagenum: 255; title: Future Fiction: 2511 CE
pagenum: 265; title: Part Four The Future of Space Travel; label: 21
title: Nuclear-Thermal Propulsion and Other Advanced Rockets
pagenum: 271; label: 22
title: Solar Sails and Laser Propulsion
pagenum: 280; label: 23
title: Spaqce Settlements
pagenum: 291; label: 24
title: Terraforming Other Worlds
pagenum: 303; title: Future Fiction: 23,744 CD
pagenum: 311; title: Part Five Science Fiction Tech—What Is and Isn’t Possible; label: 25
title: Cold Fusion and Free Energy
pagenum: 317; label: 26
title: Faster Than Light (FTL) Travel/Communication
pagenum: 321; label: 27
title: Artificial Gravity/Antigravity
pagenum: 330; label: 28
title: Transporters, Tractor Beams, Lightsabers, and Other Sci-Fi Gadgets
pagenum: 337; label: 29
title: Regeneration/Immortality
pagenum: 362; label: 30
title: Uploading Consciousness/The Matrix
pagenum: 371; title: Conclusion
pagenum: 378; title: References
pagenum: 383; title: Index
pagenum: 397