Playing With Planets Export

@book{citeulike:4844284, abstract = {If you think the future is a mystery, think again. With a solid foothold inrealism, an extraordinary insight into scientific and technologicaldevelopments, and a dry sense of humor, Nobel laureate Professor Gerard tHooft confidently dissects fact from fiction and shows us what our futuremight really hold. Professor t Hooft takes the reader firmly by the hand and,within the boundaries of solid physics and proven laws of nature, takes us ona ride into the world of the future, which holds remarkable surprises for usall. "\_Do you dream of intergalaxy space travel, time warps, and mini-mes?\_" tHooft asks. "\_Then please, get yourself some more science fiction books, forfiction it is. But for those who are interested in the real world, let me tellyou what we CAN expect for the future.\_" We meet robots with a sense of irony,ride elevators into space, and build floating cities; let us just say that\_Playing with Planets\_, which is translated from the original Dutch edition byProfessor t Hooft s daughter Saskia, supports the old adage that truth isindeed stranger than fiction.**Contents:** Countdown; Take Off; Inside; Computers; Paper; Robots;Victoriamaris; A Malleable Earth; Flying Kites; The Stars; The Colonists; TheCambots; The Neumannbots; The Genes; Pulling Hard; Aliens; Playing withPlanets; Idiocracy.}, author = {'t-Hooft, Gerard}, citeulike-article-id = {4844284}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&path=ASIN/9812793070}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike01-21&path=ASIN/9812793070}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike06-21&path=ASIN/9812793070}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.amazon.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/9812793070}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/9812793070/citeulike00-21}, citeulike-linkout-5 = {http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike07-20&path=ASIN/9812793070}, citeulike-linkout-6 = {http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/9812793070}, citeulike-linkout-7 = {http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9812793070}, citeulike-linkout-8 = {http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?keywords=9812793070&index=books&linkCode=qs}, citeulike-linkout-9 = {http://www.librarything.com/isbn/9812793070}, day = {01}, howpublished = {Hardcover}, isbn = {9812793070}, keywords = {science, technology}, month = {November}, posted-at = {2009-06-14 11:26:04}, priority = {2}, publisher = {World Scientific Publishing Company}, title = {Playing With Planets}, url = {http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike07-20&path=ASIN/9812793070}, year = {2008} }

TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:4844284 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4844284 N2 - If you think the future is a mystery, think again. With a solid foothold inrealism, an extraordinary insight into scientific and technologicaldevelopments, and a dry sense of humor, Nobel laureate Professor Gerard tHooft confidently dissects fact from fiction and shows us what our futuremight really hold. Professor t Hooft takes the reader firmly by the hand and,within the boundaries of solid physics and proven laws of nature, takes us ona ride into the world of the future, which holds remarkable surprises for usall. "_Do you dream of intergalaxy space travel, time warps, and mini-mes?_" tHooft asks. "_Then please, get yourself some more science fiction books, forfiction it is. But for those who are interested in the real world, let me tellyou what we CAN expect for the future._" We meet robots with a sense of irony,ride elevators into space, and build floating cities; let us just say that_Playing with Planets_, which is translated from the original Dutch edition byProfessor t Hooft s daughter Saskia, supports the old adage that truth isindeed stranger than fiction.**Contents:** Countdown; Take Off; Inside; Computers; Paper; Robots;Victoriamaris; A Malleable Earth; Flying Kites; The Stars; The Colonists; TheCambots; The Neumannbots; The Genes; Pulling Hard; Aliens; Playing withPlanets; Idiocracy. SN - 9812793070 TI - Playing With Planets PB - World Scientific Publishing Company KW - science KW - technology AU - 't-Hooft, Gerard PY - 2008/11/01/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&path=ASIN/9812793070 ER -