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"Formerly the domain of fiction, moving human civilization to the stars is increasingly becoming a scientific possibility--and a necessity. Whether in the near future due to climate change and the depletion of finite resources, or in the distant future due to catastrophic cosmological events, we must face the reality that humans will one day need to leave planet Earth to survive as a species. World-renowned physicist and futurist Michio Kaku explores...
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Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2019
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English
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"A gifted and thoughtful writer, Metzl brings us to the frontiers of biology and technology, and reveals a world full of promise and peril." — Siddhartha Mukherjee MD, New York Times bestselling author of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Gene
A groundbreaking exploration of genetic engineering and its impact on the future of our species from leading geopolitical expert and technology futurist, Jamie Metzl.
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Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Anchor Books edition.
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xx, 339 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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English
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"Formerly the domain of fiction, moving human civilization to the stars is increasingly becoming a scientific possibility--and a necessity. Whether in the near future due to climate change and the depletion of finite resources, or in the distant future due to catastrophic cosmological events, we must face the reality that humans will one day need to leave planet Earth to survive as a species. World-renowned physicist and futurist Michio Kaku explores...
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Hachette Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
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x, 468 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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English
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"Drawing on over a decade of research, ... [the author] explores the cutting-edge science behind the risks we face. It puts them in the context of the greater story of humanity: showing how ending these risks is among the most pressing moral issues of our time. And it points the way forward, to the actions and strategies that can safeguard humanity"--
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The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
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vi, 368 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
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English
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"WORLDS WITHOUT END: EXOPLANETS, HABITABILITY, AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY will present the scientific missions exploring exoplanets through the lens of habitability and our survival in the universe"--
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Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First Atria books hardcover edition.
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xi, 320 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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An assessment of the revolutionary potential of artificial intelligence and robotics traces how technology arrived at this point and how artificial life, machine consciousness, extreme prosperity, and technological warfare will be hotly debated issues of the near future.
"A great turning point in the history of our species is at hand. AI and robotics are poised to redefine what it means to be human. So ... what exactly does that mean for you? In...
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Sourcebooks, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
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xxiii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"Genetic engineering isn't some far-off fantasy. It's arriving faster than most of us understand or are prepared for. When we can engineer our future children, massively extend our lifespans, build life from scratch, and recreate the plant and animal world, should we? At the dawn of the genetics revolution, our DNA is becoming as readable, writable, and hackable as our information technology. But as humanity starts retooling our own genetic code,...
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Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
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xii, 444 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"A dozen of the best conversations from the podcast Making Sense, on topics that range from the nature of consciousness and free will, to politics and extremism, to acting ethically"--
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The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2019.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (38 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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What does the future hold? Will we evolve into new species? Or have we reached an optimum state that will see minimal evolutionary changes? Weigh the impact of our ever-more-sophisticated technology and consider what will happen to humans who leave Earth for another planet with new physiological challenges. As you learn in this course, evolution isn’t just possible; it’s inevitable.
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HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
244 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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"An award-winning astronomer and physicist's spellbinding and urgent call for a new Enlightenment and the recognition of the preciousness of life using reason and curiosity--the foundations of science--to study, nurture, and ultimately preserve humanity as we face the existential crisis of climate change"--
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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
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vi, 362 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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English
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A Canadian Science Writers Award-winning author presents an analysis of humanity's role in catastrophic natural disasters to consider whether or not such threats are increasing and how they can be managed.
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Basic Books, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
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vii, 289 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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"Most robots are glorified power tools, limited in scope and subject to constant human control... But not for long. As roboticists Laura Major and Julie Shah argue, tomorrow's robots will not be our tools but our collaborators. They'll operate on their own in busy, unpredictable pubic spaces, driving our trucks, doing our grocery shopping, patrolling our neighborhoods, and even managing our ER's... They'll be our first truly social machines.. [This...
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Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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viii, 381 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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"Advances in several different areas of the biosciences are coming together in ways that will change human reproduction forever. Vast improvements in the speed, accuracy, and cost of sequencing the entire human genome greatly increases the genetic information prospective parents can learn about their possible children. Rapid progress in stem cell research makes it likely that in twenty years or so, we will be able to make eggs and sperm from the skin...
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Teaching Co
Pub. Date
©2013
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8 videodiscs (approximately 1400 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (viii, 335 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm).
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English
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Examines Earth's origin from simple atoms that were created in the big bang, transformed into heavy elements in stellar explosions, then forged into a planet inside the nebula that gave birth to the solar system. Like many other planets, Earth went through phases of melting, volcanism, and bombardment by asteroids. But only on Earth did events lead to a flourishing biosphere--life. And once life was established, it drove the evolution of our planet...
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f-reel pty ltd
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (93 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
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Art and Conversations that change the world. Human Rights artist William Kelly traveled the world talking to writers, artists and academics about the question of art and peace. Can a photograph stop the Vietnam War? Is Picasso’s Guernica the most iconic anti-war painting ever? Can art change hearts and minds and in doing so stop a bullet from being fired? “This is for everyone interested in the future of humanity; everyone who has asked themselves...
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First Run Features
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English
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‘What is humanity?’ In this revealing documentary, world experts in the fields of Futurology, Anthropology, Neuroscience, and Philosophy consider the impact of technological advances on the two certainties of human life; Work and Death. Charting human developments from Homo Habilis, past the Industrial Revolution, to the digital age and beyond, THE FUTURE OF WORK AND DEATH looks at the shocking exponential rate at which mankind has managed to...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 116 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
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Against the backdrop of 1893's troubles with workers' rights, prejudice, discrimination and corruption, the World's Columbian Exposition casts a brief ray of hope for the future of humanity. Narrated by Gene Wilder, EXPO - Magic of the White City explores the world of 1893 through a cinematic visit to Chicago's Columbian Exposition. Many of the world's greatest achievements in art, architecture, science, technology and culture are unveiled there....
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PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (51 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The bullied boy who was told that he wouldn’t amount to anything, the young innovator who was told he was crazy, the self-taught rocket scientist who bet it all on his dreams… is now one of the richest men in the world – and the future of space exploration and perhaps, the future of humanity – is in his hands.
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