When Elon Musk becomes the first trillionaire, the world changes—but not in the way anyone expects. As Earth struggles to assert control over his sprawling technological empire, Mars quietly rises, building an autonomous economy and infrastructure capable of sustaining humanity's future. From Starlink satellites to Tesla's global energy grids, Musk's vision isn't about wealth—it's about survival, innovation, and the birth of a two-world civilization. A high-tech thriller of ambition, power...

What really happened on November 22, 1963? For decades, the official story—Lee Harvey Oswald, lone gunman—has crumbled under the weight of doubt. Now, in this explosive e-book, the truth claws its way out of the shadows. *JFK Unraveled* dives deep into the declassified files, exposing the secrets they tried to bury: a "magic bullet" that defies physics, a grassy knoll shooter who vanished, a missing brain, and a cover-up stretching from Dallas to D.C.Was Oswald a patsy for the CIA?...

Embark on an exhilarating descent from the stars in this gripping exploration of astronauts' return to our planet. From the silent drift of orbit to the fiery chaos of re-entry, this 20-page e-book unveils the science, history, and raw human experience of coming home. Discover the precision of leaving orbit, the engineering marvels that shield against 3,000°F plasma, and the evolution of landings—from Apollo's splashdowns to SpaceX's rocket-powered touchdowns. Feel the G-forces and hear th...

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 ...

A thought-provoking and humorous collection on NASA and the future of space travel.Neil deGrasse Tyson is a rare breed of astrophysicist, one who can speak as easily and brilliantly with popular audiences as with professional scientists. Now that NASA has put human space flight effectively on hold—with a five- or possibly ten-year delay until the next launch of astronauts from U.S. soil—Tyson’s views on the future of space travel and America’s role in that future are especially tim...

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...

“A must-read for anyone looking to understand how artificial intelligence is poised to transform human society and life.” —Paul Scharre, Author of Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial IntelligenceThe future is now. Acclaimed technologist and inventor Amir Husain explains how we can live amidst the coming age of sentient machines and artificial intelligence—and not only survive, but thrive.Artificial “...

“Bob Zubrin really, nearly alone, changed our thinking on this issue.”—Carl Sagan, The Denver PostIf you ever daydream about space travel and human space flight—or hope to one day rove the Red Planet alongside Curiosity—then MARS DIRECT will teach you how we can get thereThe human race is at a crossroads. In the coming decades, we will make decisions regarding our human spaceflight program that will lead to one of two familiar futu...

Bitcoin is without a doubt the most important invention since the Internet.In fact, it may even be bigger than the Internet. It is such a profound paradigm shift in the technology of money that even experts on the topic are still trying to wrap their heads around it. Pandora's box has been opened and there is no going back. Bitcoin will forever transform society and its implications are beyond what we can even currently imagine.Bitcoin can be hard to grasp ...

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...

Arguing that the race to better humankind is about to go to a new dimension as a result of a nanotechnological revolution, this enthralling read purports that the depth of progress and technological development is such that people in the very near future may no longer be fully human. TransEvolution discusses the transition from human to someone—or something—new and different and the increasing trend of implementing prosthetics, organ implants, bionic eyes, hearing aids, and other ...

It was bound to happen sooner or later. A person trying to create artificial intelligence would create something that chose its own path.Computer had been given the instruction to save humankind, and she set out to do just that, with unexpected results.