Where Is Science Leading Us?: And What Can We Do to Steer It? (1st ed. 2023)

Synopsis

This book charts the evolution of the sciences and technologies that have shaped our modern age like nothing else in the last 60 years. As well as describing many exciting developments, it will also highlight the challenges and dangers of the technologies that have emerged from them. While science and technology have brought about enormous and often astonishing improvements in our quality of life, they have often also brought with them considerable risks, including the risk of human extinction. We place particular emphasis on the aspects that directly impact us as human beings: Artificial Intelligence (AI), enhancements of our brains/minds through innovative neuro-technologies, and the integration of nanotechnology into our bodies for early disease detection and elimination. What philosophical implications arise from these transformations? Authored by two theoretical physicists who are also experts in economics and capital markets - a rather rare combination - the book will explain the developments of modern science and the resulting technologies. It also examines the current state of play and emerging developments in a manner accessible to non-scientists. Based on their own experience and the analysis, the authors also propose ways in which science can progress more harmoniously in future.

Copyright:

2023

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9783031471384

Related ISBNs:

9783031471377

Publisher:

Springer Nature Switzerland

Date of Addition:

02/03/24

Copyrighted By:

The Editor

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Computers and Internet, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Medicine, Philosophy, Sociology

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.