Books like The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality and Our Destiny Beyond Earth
12 books with a reading profile close to The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality and Our Destiny Beyond Earth by Michio Kaku. Outward-looking, growth-minded and clear-cut; a moderate read.
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The science of The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
by Michael Hanlon, Michael Hanlon
Also outward-looking · analytical, science fiction
Michael Hanlon examines the physics and biology behind Douglas Adams’s space comedy, comparing fictional inventions to real laboratory research.
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Ender's world
by Orson Scott Card, Janis Ian
analytical, science fiction
Ender’s World is a collection of essays edited by Orson Scott Card that analyzes the military, psychological, and social dimensions of the novel Ender’s Game.
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THE INVISIBLE COUP
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, accessible
Peter Schweizer argues that current patterns of mass migration are not accidental shifts in population but are instead calculated tools of political warfare.
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Physics of the Impossible
by Michio Kaku
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, science fiction
Michio Kaku categorizes the technologies of science fiction into three levels of physical possibility based on the laws of thermodynamics and electromagnetism.
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THE DAY AFTER
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, accessible
The author of “Shameless” looks at the relationship Republicans and Democrats have to power and prescribes ways for it to be used after Donald Trump’s presidency.
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Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, accessible
Neil deGrasse Tyson assembles a collection of essays that explain the laws governing the universe and the history of scientific discovery.
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Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, accessible
David Sinclair proposes that aging is a treatable medical condition rather than an inevitable biological decay.
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Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
by Michael Moss
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, accessible
Michael Moss investigates how multinational food corporations utilize laboratory science to maximize consumer consumption.
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Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, accessible
Rutger Bregman argues that modern society has lost its capacity for visionary thinking and proposes three specific policies to reclaim progress.
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The science of Game of thrones
by Helen Keen
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, accessible
Helen Keen investigates the technical and historical realities behind George R.R.
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The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, accessible
David Wallace-Wells argues that climate change is occurring much faster and with more devastating consequences than current political discourse suggests.
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The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World
by Tim Marshall
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, accessible
Tim Marshall examines how physical landscapes and regional borders dictate the strategic calculations of modern nations.
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