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A review by snowcrash
The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality and Our Destiny Beyond Earth by Michio Kaku
3.0
I really like Michio Kaku. He is a wonderful story teller and can make physics a lot of fun to learn. He's the science geek kid who decided to build a particle accelerator in his garage. I really liked _Physics of the Future_ and _Physics of the Impossible_. So when I saw this book on the library shelf, I grabbed it.
The first third of the book talks about where we are today in terms of the science and engineering that can take us to other planets. Then second third is about what may be possible by the end of this century. The last third is what could be possible in thousands of years. All of this is focused on making us a multi-planet species.
For me, as someone who is an amateur science guy, I wanted more from the book. I already knew most of the details presented in the book. Some of the ideas in the second section fleshed out what I knew, but this is more of a primer for those that don't continually read science as part of their literary diet. I wanted more detail about how the missions to Mars would actually work. There is a lot of gaps in what we know and how to deal with them on such a long mission. Here some ideas are presented, but only a page or two.
If you are curious about how we can get to the stars and don't have a clue, this is your book. It is a superb introduction into the real science of today and that of tomorrow that will unbound us from this world. The author makes it easy to approach and fun to learn.
The first third of the book talks about where we are today in terms of the science and engineering that can take us to other planets. Then second third is about what may be possible by the end of this century. The last third is what could be possible in thousands of years. All of this is focused on making us a multi-planet species.
For me, as someone who is an amateur science guy, I wanted more from the book. I already knew most of the details presented in the book. Some of the ideas in the second section fleshed out what I knew, but this is more of a primer for those that don't continually read science as part of their literary diet. I wanted more detail about how the missions to Mars would actually work. There is a lot of gaps in what we know and how to deal with them on such a long mission. Here some ideas are presented, but only a page or two.
If you are curious about how we can get to the stars and don't have a clue, this is your book. It is a superb introduction into the real science of today and that of tomorrow that will unbound us from this world. The author makes it easy to approach and fun to learn.