Independence isn't given. It's engineered.In 2042, an asteroid designated C/2042 K1-A deviates from its predicted trajectory and strikes Mars. Within seventy-two hours, the planet develops a breathable atmosphere, liquid water, and rising temperatures. No natural phenomenon explains it. No human technology caused it.Humanity has been handed a second world. Someone arranged for that to happen.Red Foundations is a hard science fiction epic set during the first decade ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • How will Artificial Intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology—and there’s nobody better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark, an MIT professor who’s helped mainstream research on how to keep AI beneficial.How can we grow our prosperity through automation without leaving ...

*** THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the Hugo Award * Scientific American’s #1 Book for 2023 * Winner of Royal Society's Trivedi Prize * A Guardian Best Book of 2024 * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * A Times Best Science and Environment Book of 2023 * A Tor.com Best Book of 2023 *“Exceptional. . . Forceful, engaging and funny . . . This book will make you happy to live on this planet — a good thing, becaus...

Elon Musk named Our Final Invention one of five books everyone should read about the future—a Huffington Post Definitive Tech Book of 2013.Artificial Intelligence helps choose what books you buy, what movies you see, and even who you date. It puts the "smart" in your smartphone and soon it will drive your car. It makes most of the trades on Wall Street, and controls vital energy, water, and transportation infrastructure. But Artificial Intelligence can also...

Elon Musk: entrepreneur, visionary, and the most disruptive businessman of the 21st century. This unauthorized autobiography tells his story in his own words — from a bullied child in South Africa to the co-founder of PayPal, and the founder of Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink and the Boring Company.What drives a man to bet everything — repeatedly — on the impossible?Musk speaks candidly a...

Is there time to avoid humanity's extinction? Practically everything that has ever lived is extinct; we will be no exception unless we work very hard to be an exception. Wrestling with that problem led to a chilling, undeniable conclusion: the human species is ultimately doomed on Earth and we have no plan.The Earth will eventually become uninhabitable and moving people off Earth is the only credible survival alternative, short of some sort of intervention. The United Nations produ...

One of the most inspirational voices in science today, Neil deGrasse Tyson is somebody with a contagious passion for his field of work. Although not as well known outside America, he is one of the few members of the scientific community who is truly able to effectively communicate complex concepts to the common man.This book brings together some of his most interesting comments on a number of different subjects.

Elon Musk: The Unauthorized Autobiography - The Wi(c)ked EditionExperience the groundbreaking journey of Elon Musk through his own words! "Elon Musk: The Unauthorized Autobiography - The Wi(c)ked Edition" is a masterfully curated collection of Musk's most pivotal thoughts and goals, artfully arranged to create the compelling narrative of his life. This edition seamlessly weaves together his insights, making it feel as if Musk himself is recounting his extraordinary...

Explore the science behind some of your favorite popular science fiction tropes--from escaping a black hole to riding a space elevator to the stars—in this illustrated guide from NASA advisor and host of the popular Tested podcast Offworld.Whether it's researching new technology, theories, or possible extraterrestrial situations, the showrunners and directors of our favorite science fiction shows and films are often extending the boundaries of rea...

Why we shouldn’t colonize Mars or the Moon, or even vacation thereIf certain business titans, corporations, and governments have their way, humans will someday be living, working, and vacationing in space. This is the much-vaunted New Space Age, and in Lunacy, philosopher Ben Bramble explains why it is a giant mistake. Bramble systematically refutes each of the ten most influential reasons given for this new generation of space exploration (and habitation)...

Tony Thorne MBE's new 'fact against fiction' book is probably his most important ever. It's about THE SINGULARITY, and the resulting Artificial Intelligence Explosion. So what is a singularity? It's easiest described as a one way event, something which once it occurs cannot be reversed. We might say that a commercial plane crash is a singularity. Being born seems to fit the definition too, initially. So what kind of singularity phenomenon is explored in this book?Many scientists cla...

Know technology today, to equip yourself for tomorrow.Using a unique, visual approach, Gerald Lynch explains the most important tech developments of the modern world – examining their impact on society and how, ultimately, we can use technology to achieve our full potential.From the driverless transport systems hitting our roads to the nanobots and artificial intelligence pushing human capabilities to their limits, in 20 dip-in lessons this book introduces ...