Playing with planets [[electronic resource] /] / Gerard 't Hooft

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454767703321
• Autore: Hooft G. 't
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2008
• ISBN: 981-279-021-7
• Edizione: [English ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (152 p.)
• Disciplina: 530
• Soggetti: Astrophysics; Physics; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-142).
• Nota di contenuto: Preface; Contents; 1 Countdown; 2 Take Off; 3 Inside; 4 Computers; 5 Paper; 6 Robots; 7 Victoriamaris; 8 A Malleable Earth; 9 Flying Kites; 10 The Stars; 11 The Colonists; 12 The Cambots; 13 The Neumannbots; 14 The Genes; 15 Pulling Hard; 16 Aliens; 17 Playing with Planets; 18 Idiocracy; Websites; Illustrations
• Sommario/riassunto: If you think the future is a mystery, think again. With a solid foothold in realism, an extraordinary insight into scientific and technological developments, and a dry sense of humor, Nobel laureate Professor Gerard 't Hooft confidently dissects fact from fiction and shows us what our future might really hold. Professor 't Hooft takes the reader firmly by the hand and, within the boundaries of solid physics and proven laws of nature, takes us on a ride into the world of the future, which holds remarkable surprises for us all. "Do you dream of intergalaxy space travel, time warps, and mini-mes?