The Future of the Mind

✍ Scribed by Kaku, Michio

• Book ID: 109094771
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 608 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780385530828

✦ Synopsis

The New York Times best-selling author of Physics of the Impossible, Physics of the Future and Hyperspace tackles the most fascinating and complex object in the known universe: the human brain. For the first time in history, the secrets of the living brain are being revealed by a battery of high tech brain scans devised by physicists. Now what was once solely the province of science fiction has become a startling reality. Recording memories, telepathy, videotaping our dreams, mind control, avatars, and telekinesis are not only possible; they already exist. The Future of the Mind gives us an authoritative and compelling look at the astonishing research being done in top laboratories around the world--all based on the latest advancements in neuroscience and physics. One day we might have a "smart pill" that can enhance our cognition; be able to upload our brain to a computer, neuron for neuron; send thoughts and...