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

by Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith
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Tech predictions that will make you laugh!

Soonish is a great read for anyone interested in the future of technology. It combines scientific research and humorous comics to explain emerging technologies that might change our world. The book is unique in its witty approach while investigating robotic swarms, nuclear fusion powered-toasters, and other fascinating innovations. It gives insight into why these technologies are essential and what is preventing them from succeeding.

  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science & Technology (2017)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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

by Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith
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ISBN: 9781846148996
Authors: Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Date of Publication: 2017-10-17
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Science
Related Topics: Space, Physics, Popular Science
Goodreads rating: 3.95
(rated by 5456 readers)

Description

From a top scientist and the creator of the hugely popular web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, an illustrated investigation into future technologiesWhat will the world of tomorrow be like? How does progress happen? And why do we not have a lunar colony already?In this book, Zach and Kelly 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.
 

Tech predictions that will make you laugh!

Soonish is a great read for anyone interested in the future of technology. It combines scientific research and humorous comics to explain emerging technologies that might change our world. The book is unique in its witty approach while investigating robotic swarms, nuclear fusion powered-toasters, and other fascinating innovations. It gives insight into why these technologies are essential and what is preventing them from succeeding.

  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science & Technology (2017)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.