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 ...

**'This is the most important conversation of our time, and Tegmark's thought-provoking book will help you join it' Stephen HawkingTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER. DAILY TELEGRAPH AND THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEARSELECTED AS ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2018AI is the future - but what will that future look like? Will superhuman intelligence be our slave, or become our god?Taking us to the heart of th...

**A Sunday Times Business Book of the Year.Scary Smart will teach you how to navigate the scary and inevitable intrusion of Artificial Intelligence, with an accessible blueprint for creating a harmonious future alongside AI. From Mo Gawdat, the former Chief Business Officer at Google [X] and bestselling author of Solve for Happy.**'Technology is putting our humanity at risk to an unprecedented degree. This book is not for engineers who write t...

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...

WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2024ONE OF THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW SCIENTIST BEST SCIENCE BOOKS OF THE YEARGUARDIAN BEST SCIENCE AND NATURE BOOK 2024A HUGO AWARD WINNER FOR BEST RELATED WORK 2024THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERTHE #2 MOST GIFTED BOOK IN THE SOLAR SYSTEMFrom the bestselling authors of Soo...

'I wish it was science fiction, but I know it's not' Jaan Tallinn, co-founder of Skype'If you read just one book that makes you confront scary high-tech realities that we'll soon have no choice but to address, make it this one' Washington Post'The best book yet written on the most important problem of the twenty-first century' Luke Muehlhauser, Executive Director, Machine Intelligence Research Institut...

Elon Musk: The Unauthorized Autobiography is unlike any book ever written about the world's most polarizing visionary. Every single word is drawn directly from Elon Musk's own public statements—meticulously curated and woven together to form an unprecedented first-person narrative told entirely in his voice.This is not a biography written about Musk. This is Musk, unfiltered. His words. His vision. His contradictions. His relentles...

Technology moves fast - so where will it have taken us by 2050? How will it affect the way we live? And how far are we willing to let it go? In Megatech, distinguished scientists, industry leaders, star academics and acclaimed science-fiction writers join journalists from The Economist to explore answers to these questions and more.Twenty experts in the field, including Nobel prize-winner Frank Wilczek, Silicon Valley venture-capitalist Ann Winblad, phila...

Mark Stevenson set out on a global journey to find the future - a few years before it impacts on the rest of us. The results are frankly encouraging. He finds he is very likely to live longer than he had expected with a few biological tweaks. Perhaps even long enough to share the planet with a resurrected sabre-tooth tiger or dodo or at least a super-intelligent computer able to understand and determine to act upon his commands. He feels good about the planet too. The energy crisis can be ...

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...