Nano Comes to Life
The author is professor of biological physics at Oxford and one of the leading researchers as well as communicators in the nanotech field. This is…… Read More »
Category: Science & Technology
HUMANITY'S LAST STAND
This is a very important book about a very important topic, and which is indeed the subject of this year's Mystics and Scientists conference on…… Read More »
Biometrics – A Very Short Introduction
An informative introduction to the benefits and limitations of biometrics-based identity checking. Access to this page is restricted to Members and Friends of the Scientific… Read More »
ON THE FUTURE
EF Schumacher famously remarked that humanity is now too clever to survive without wisdom, an observation I am sure Martin Rees would agree with in…… Read More »
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An authoritative introduction to the field covering all major aspects and issues. Access to this page is restricted to Members and Friends of the Scientific… Read More »
Big Data
Big data is in the news, and this excellent very short introduction brings the reader up to speed and enables them to understand the various…… Read More »
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
Here the author engages in what one might call prophetic analysis in order to assess the paths, dangers and strategies associated with the development of…… Read More »
2030
A stimulating book put together by two researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology with a freelance science journalist. The authors interviewed over two dozen scientific…… Read More »
The Etto Principle: Efficiency-Throughness Trade-Off
An original book arising from the field of risk assessment when people are under pressure. It is then difficult if not impossible to achieve the…… Read More »
Genesis Machines
This book about the new science of biocomputing explains what we can expect in the new generation of computers, where scientists are moving from silicon…… Read More »