Summary of the Book What is the world going to be like in the near future? How are computers going to change? How will the way we interact with computers change in the future? Theoretical Physicist Michio Kaku writes about technology and how it will evolve in the future. He predicts what forms technology will take in the future and how it will soon transform into amazing forms. He explains that compared to the technology of the early 20th century, we are highly advanced. In a similar fashion, the technology of the near future could soon astound us. He explains how wearable technology has morphed the way we live, and how robots are going to revolutionize manufacturing practises. He also writes about prosthetic limbs and how amputees are being given new lives with them. Space travel is also changing, he assures us, and will incorporate technology such as solar sails. He believes that humanity’s prospects are promising and explains how mankind may take on different planets and make a new beginning.
About Michio Kaku Michio Kaku is an American theoretical physicist and the Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics at the City College of New York. He has also written: Physics of the Impossible, and The Future of the Mind.
A graduate of Harvard University, graduating summa cum laude, he received his PhD at the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley.
Dr. Kaku has also appeared in several television and film media, including Stephen Hawking's Universe, Parallel Universes, Prophets of Science Fiction, and Stephen Hawking: Master of the Universe.
Michio Kaku (born January 24, 1947) is an American theoretical physicist, futurist, and popularizer of science (science communicator). He is a professor of theoretical physics in the City College of New York and CUNY Graduate Center. Kaku has written several books about physics and related topics, has made frequent appearances on radio, television, and film, and writes online blogs and articles. He has written the New York Times best sellers: Physics of the Impossible (2008), Physics of the Future (2011), The Future of the Mind (2014). Kaku has hosted several TV specials for the BBC, the Discovery Channel, the History Channel, and the Science Channel.