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Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That Will Improve and/or Ruin Everything

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What will the world of tomorrow be like? How does progress happen? And why don’t we have a lunar colony already? In this witty and entertaining book, Kelly and Zach Weinersmith give us a snapshot of the transformative technologies that are coming next – from robot swarms to nuclear fusion powered-toasters – and explain how they will change our world in astonishing ways. By weaving together their own research, interviews with pioneering scientists and Zach’s trademark comics, the Weinersmiths investigate why these innovations are needed, how they would work, and what is standing in their way.

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Weight 0.321 kg
Dimensions 2.6 × 12.8 × 19.8 cm
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Paperback
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Pages

368
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Year Published

2019-10-3
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Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

1846149002
About The Author

Dr. Kelly Weinersmith (Author) Dr. Kelly Weinersmith is Adjunct Faculty in the BioSciences Department at Rice University. Kelly's research has been featured in The Atlantic, Science, BBC World, and National Geographic.Zach Weinersmith (Author) Zach Weinersmith is the cartoonist behind the popular geek webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. His work has been featured in The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, Forbes, CNN, Discovery Magazine, and more.
Review Quote

An unabashed nerd-out of a book, zinging from outer space to DNA, hardly pausing for breath … The gleeful geeking out makes for a great read – I couldn't help chuckling or outright cracking up a number of times – while surreptitiously teaching some really important science. It's a winning combination. The sheer breadth of topics covered is also amazing: Probably no other book in history has seriously described the science behind both tentacle construction robots and the human nasal cycle
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Space elevators, gold asteroids, and fusion-powered toasters – who knew science could be so much fun? And who knew fun could be so scientific? Soonish is hilarious, provocative, and shamelessly informative

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