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Learn how movies reveal the future of technologyFans of The Science of Interstellar, The Second Machine Age, and Physics of the Future will love the Films from the Future.
Science, technology, and society: In Films from the Future, former physicist Andrew Maynard threads together his love of science fiction movies with his expertise on emerging technologies to engage, entertain and make you think about the relationship between technology, and society as they discover astounding, transformative advances in science. Through the imagination and creativity of science fiction movies, Maynard introduces readers to the profound capabilities presented by new and emerging technologies, and the complex personal and societal challenges they present.
The future of artificial intelligence and other technologies: Each movie in the book provides the starting point for exploring key technologies and trends, from genetic engineering (Jurassic Park) and brain-enhancing drugs (Limitless), to human augmentation (Ghost in the Shell), and artificial intelligence (Ex Machina). These are woven together with emerging ideas on technological convergence and responsible and ethical innovation, to provide a sweeping perspective on where our technologies are taking us, and how we ensure this is where we want to go.
The enlightening science and philosophies of movies: With each examination of twelve movies, you will take a progressive journey through the fascinating worlds of biological and genetic manipulation, human enhancement and cyber technologies, and nanotechnology. Maynard shows that the fantastical worlds of the movies might not be as impossible as we think. With a focus on hard science, economics, the social implications of technological feats, and the movies that could very well become our real-life future, Films from the Future will be sure to educate and entertain
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#1 Amazon New Release ─ How Movies Reveal the Future of TechnologyFans of The Science of Interstellar, The Second Machine Age, and Physics of the Future will want to read Films from the Future by Dr. Andrew Maynard.
New insights into emerging technologies: Dr. Maynard is a huge fan of sci-fi movies and a professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University. A PhD physicist from the University of Cambridge, UK, Dr. Maynard is a leading expert on the socially responsible development of emerging and converging technologies. In Films from the Future he threads together his love of science fiction movies with his expertise on emerging technologies, introducing new ways to think about technology innovation.
Technologies of the future: Films from the Future is grounded in transformative advances in science and technology that are radically changing our world and have the potential to impact our lives in ways that we often struggle to predict or understand. The book draws on the imagination and creativity that run through science fiction movies to introduce readers to the profound capabilities presented by new and emerging technologies, and the complex personal and societal challenges and opportunities they present.
Twelve sci-fi movies that help us see the future: Films from the Future looks at twelve movies that take readers on a journey through the worlds of biological and genetic manipulation, human enhancement and cyber technologies, and nanotechnology. Readers will gain a broader understanding of the power of technological convergence, and the complex relationship between science and society. The movies mix old and new, and the familiar and unfamiliar, to provide a unique, entertaining, and ultimately transformative perspective on the power of emerging technologies, and the responsibilities they come with.
Films from the Future is an essential guide to navigating a future dominated by complex and powerful new technologies.
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#1 Best Seller in Nanotechnology ─ Hard Science Fiction Films that Predict the FutureDr. Andrew Maynard, physicist and leading expert on socially responsible development of emerging and converging technologies, brings science fiction movies to life. Films from the Future analyzes what society once thought was impossible, threading together advances in science and technology that are radically changing our world and have the potential to impact our lives in unknown and unpredictable ways.
Over the last half-century, humanity has seen technology grow at an alarming pace. The jump from room-filling processors to pocket-size super computers is just the beginning. Artificial intelligence, gene manipulation, cloning, and inter-planet travel are all ideas that seemed like fairy tales but a few years ago. And now their possibility is very much here. But are we ready to handle these advances? As Maynard explains, "What these movies do rather well is provide us with a glimpse around the corner of our collective near future, to help us see what might be coming down the pike and start thinking how we might respond to it. Viewed in the right way--and with a good dose of critical thinking--science fiction movies can help us think about and prepare for the social consequences of technologies we don't yet have, but that are coming faster than we imagine."
Films from the Future looks at twelve movies that take readers on a journey through the worlds of biological and genetic manipulation, human enhancement, cyber technologies, and nanotechnology. Readers will gain a broader understanding of the complex relationship between science and society. The movies mix old and new, and the familiar and unfamiliar, to provide a unique, entertaining, and ultimately transformative take on the power of emerging technologies, and the responsibilities they come with.
Films from the Future is an essential guide to navigating a future dominated by complex and powerful new technologies.
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Hard Science Fiction Films that Predict the Future"As the breakneck advance of technology takes us into a world that is both exciting and menacing, sci-fi films give us an inkling of what is to come, and what we should avoid." --Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at the SETI Institute, and host of Big Picture Science
#1 Best Seller in Nanotechnology and Computers & Technology
Dr. Andrew Maynard, physicist and leading expert on socially responsible development of emerging and converging technologies, examines science fiction movies and brings them to life.
Advances in science and technology are radically changing our world. Films from the Future is an essential guide to navigating a future dominated by complex and powerful new technologies. The jump from room-filling processors to pocket-size super computers is just the beginning. Artificial intelligence, gene manipulation, cloning, and inter-planet travel are all ideas that seemed like fairy tales but a few years ago. And now their possibility is very much here. But are we ready to handle these advances? As Maynard explains, "Viewed in the right way―and with a good dose of critical thinking―science fiction movies can help us think about and prepare for the social consequences of technologies we don't yet have, but that are coming faster than we imagine."
Films from the Future looks at twelve movies that take readers on a journey through the worlds of biological and genetic manipulation, human enhancement, cyber technologies, and nanotechnology. Gain a broader understanding of the complex relationship between science and society. The movies include old and new, and the familiar and unfamiliar, to provide a unique, entertaining, and ultimately transformative take on the power and responsibilities of emerging technologies.
If you have read books such as The Book of Why, The Science of Interstellar, or The Future of Humanity, you will love Films from the Future.