Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100

Arizona
    Fulvio Melia, professor of physics and astronomy, University of Arizona
    William Meller, author of
Evolution Rx
    Paul Meltzer, National Institutes of Health
    Marvin Minsky, MIT, author of
The Society of Mind
    Hans Moravec, research professor at Carnegie Mellon University, author of
Robot
    the late Phillip Morrison, physicist, MIT
    Richard Muller, astrophysicist, University of California at Berkeley
    David Nahamoo, formerly with IBM Human Language Technology
    Christina Neal, volcanist, Alaska Volcano Observatory, U.S. Geological Survey
    Michael Novacek, curator, Fossil Mammals, American Museum of Natural History
    Michael Oppenheimer, environmentalist, Princeton University
    Dean Ornish, clinical professor of medicine, University of California, San Francisco
    Peter Palese, professor of microbiology, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
    Charles Pellerin, former NASA official
    Sidney Perkowitz, professor of physics, Emory University, author of
Hollywood Science
    John Pike, director, GlobalSecurity.org
    Jena Pincott, author of
Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?
    Tomaso Poggio, artificial intelligence, MIT
    Correy Powell, editor in chief,
Discover
magazine
    John Powell, founder, JP Aerospace
    Richard Preston, author of
The Hot Zone
and
The Demon in the Freezer
    Raman Prinja, professor of astrophysics, University College London
    David Quammen, science writer, author of
The Reluctant Mr. Darwin
    Katherine Ramsland, forensic scientist
    Lisa Randall, professor of theoretical physics, Harvard University, author of
Warped Passages
    Sir Martin Rees, professor of cosmology and astrophysics, Cambridge University, author of
Before the Beginning
    Jeremy Rifkin, founder, Foundation on Economic Trends
    David Riquier, director of Corporate Outreach, MIT Media Lab
    Jane Rissler, Union of Concerned Scientists
    Steven Rosenberg, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
    Paul Saffo, futurist, formerly with Institute for the Future, consulting professor at Stanford University
    the late Carl Sagan, Cornell University, author of
Cosmos
    Nick Sagan, coauthor of
You Call This the Future?
    Michael Salamon, NASA’s Beyond Einstein program
    Adam Savage, host of
MythBusters
    Peter Schwartz, futurist, cofounder of Global Business Network, author of
The Long View
    Michael Shermer, founder of the Skeptics Society and
Skeptic
magazine
    Donna Shirley, former manager, NASA Mars Exploration Program
    Seth Shostak, SETI Institute
    Neil Shubin, professor of organismal biology and anatomy, University of Chicago, author of
Your Inner Fish
    Paul Shuch, executive director emeritus, SETI League
    Peter Singer, author of
Wired for War,
Brookings Institute
    Simon Singh, author of
Big Bang
    Gary Small, coauthor of
iBrain
    Paul Spudis, Planetary Geology Program of the NASA Office of Space Science, Solar System Division
    Steven Squyres, professor of astronomy, Cornell University
    Paul Steinhardt, professor of physics, Princeton University, coauthor of
Endless Universe
    Gregory Stock, UCLA, author of
Redesigning Humans
    Richard Stone,
The Last Great Impact on Earth,
Discover Magazine
    Brian Sullivan, formerly with the Hayden Planetarium
    Leonard Susskind, professor of physics, Stanford University
    Daniel Tammet, autistic savant, author of
Born on a Blue Day
    Geoffrey Taylor, physicist, University of Melbourne
    the late Ted Taylor, designer of U.S. nuclear warheads
    Max Tegmark, physicist, MIT
    Alvin Toffler, author of
The Third Wave
    Patrick Tucker, World Future Society
    Admiral Stansfield M. Turner, former Director of Central Intelligence
    Chris Turney, University of Exeter, UK, author of
Ice, Mud and Blood
    Neil deGrasse Tyson, director, Hayden Planetarium
    Sesh Velamoor, Foundation for the Future
    Robert Wallace, coauthor of
Spycraft,
former director of CIA’s Office of Technical Services
    Kevin Warwick, human cyborgs, University of Reading, UK
    Fred Watson, astronomer, author of
Stargazer
    the late Mark Weiser, Xerox PARC
    Alan Weisman, author of
The World Without Us
    Daniel Werthimer, SETI at Home, University of California at Berkeley
    Mike Wessler, former scientist, MIT AI Lab
    Arthur Wiggins, author of
The Joy of Physics
    Anthony Wynshaw- Boris, National Institutes of Health
    Carl Zimmer, science writer, author of
Evolution
    Robert Zimmerman, author of
Leaving Earth
    Robert Zubrin, founder, Mars Society

Empires of the future will be empires of the mind.
    —WINSTON CHURCHILL

INTRODUCTION Predicting the Next 100 Years
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