Imminent science what remains to be discovered Giovanni F. Bignami

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bignami, Giovanni Fabrizio, author.

Standardized Title:

Cosa resta da scoprire. English

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Discoveries in science.

Science.

sciences (philosophy).

science (modern discipline).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Milan New York Springer [2013]

Summary:

This is not science fiction. It's a voyage on the arrow of time to the coming fifty years. The legendary palindromic character Mr. Qfwfq from Italo Calvino's collection of short stories, The Cosmicomics, will go with us? he who knows all the answers but will give out no hints. He will help us to discover the innovations that will have changed our lives by 2062, when, riding astride Halley's Comet, our omniscient extraterrestrial will return to visit us. In this book, we shall learn how astronomers will devote themselves to the study of the mysterious force of dark energy, which makes up some t.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Prologue; Chapter 2: Indeed, Something We Did Discover; 1. General Relativity (1915); 2. Television (1927); 3. Penicillin (1928); 4. Nuclear Fission (1938); 5. Computer (1941); 6. DNA Structure (1953); 7. Laser (1958); 8. WWW (1989-1992); 9. Extra-Solar Planets (1995); 10. Genome and Its Mapping (1999-2003); Chapter 3: Is There Anybody Out There?; Chapter 4: Understanding Matter and Energy in the Universe; Chapter 5: All the Energy You Dream of; Chapter 6: Life: Here, There and Everywhere; Chapter 7: A Recorder for Cicero, a USB Key for Mozart and Hot Pepper for Everybody

Chapter 8: Genetics, Epigenetics, Medicine and Methuselah FliesChapter 9: Tools of the Trade for Building a Future; Chapter 10: Epilogue: The Discoveries That Will Change Everything; 1. Discovery of a New Unattainable Life; 2. Discovery of New Attainable Life; 3. Controlling the Planet ́s Climate; 4. The Perfect Truth Machine; 5. Immortality Thanks to Silicon; 6. Quantum Computing; 7. Molecular Builders; 8. Demonstration of Riemann ́s Hypothesis; 9. Discarding of Paper Money and Coins; 10. ``Carniculture ́ ́.

Notes:

"Authorized translation from Italian language edition published by Zanichelli: "Cosa resta da scoprire"

Print version record

Other Format:

Print version Imminent Science

ISBN:

9788847053526

8847053528

OCLC:

874907431

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