Visions : how science will revolutionize the 21st century / Michio Kaku.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [356]-393) and index.

Ch. 1. Choreographers of Matter, Life, and Intelligence --Ch. 2. The Invisible Computer --Ch. 3. The Intelligent Planet --Ch. 4. Machines That Think --Ch. 5. Beyond Silicon: Cyborgs and the Ultimate Computer --Ch. 6. Second Thoughts: Will Humans Become Obsolete? --Ch. 7. Personal DNA Codes --Ch. 8. Conquering Cancer - Fixing Our Genes --Ch. 9. Molecular Medicine and the Mind/Body Link --Ch. 10. To Live Forever? --Ch. 11. Playing God: Designer Children and Clones --Ch. 12. Second Thoughts: The Genetics of a Brave New World? --Ch. 13. The Quantum Future --Ch. 14. To Reach for the Stars --Ch. 15. Toward a Planetary Civilization --Ch. 16 .Masters of Space and Time.

In Visions, Dr. Kaku examines in vivid detail how the three scientific revolutions that profoundly reshaped the twentieth-century - the quantum, biogenetic, and computer revolutions - will transform the way we live in the twenty-first century.

What makes Michio Kaku's vision of the future of science so compelling and authoritative is that it is based on the groundbreaking research already underway at leading laboratories around the world. Weaving interviews with over 150 scientists - several of them Nobel laureates - into a rich, inspiring narrative, Dr. Kaku reveals the growing consensus among key scientists about how science will likely evolve through the early, middle, and late years of the twenty-first century.