Visions
by Michio Kaku · first published 1997
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In Visions, Dr. Kaku examines in vivid detail how the three scientific revolutions that profoundly reshaped the twentieth-century - the quantum, biogenetic, and computer revolutions - will transform the way we live in the twenty-first century. What makes Michio Kaku's vision of the future of science so compelling and authoritative is that it is based on the groundbreaking research already underway at leading laboratories around the world. Weaving interviews with over 150 scientists - several of them Nobel laureates - into a rich, inspiring narrative, Dr. Kaku reveals the growing consensus amo
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…Intel is coming out with 32nm chips soon which is .032 microns. I guess we beat that barrier by a lot? I wonder how. Mr. Kaku seemed to think it would be very difficult in 1997 (http://www.amazon.com/Visions-Michio-Kaku/dp/0385484984)
on “Ask HN: Did we get past the "point one" micron barrier in chip fabrication? How?” ↗…for what it's worth. I'm just very skeptical of his framing of it as something which could make everything 1000x faster overnight. > I remember reading a book years ago by "futurist" Michio Kaku called Visions. At the time I was really inspired by his "visions", which sounded very scientific. However, I think they were probably just vague, well, visions. This writing strikes me as similar.
on “Why not faster computation via evolution and diffracted light?” ↗