The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind

from LisCarey

Michio Kaku, a theoretical physicist with a love of science fiction and of explaining science to non-scientists as well as of physics, once again takes a big, broad subject area that people are fascinated by, and explores what we know and can do now, what we can expect in the near future, and wha...

from VictoriaCaro

Mr. Kaku is an exceptional communicator and popularizer of science and it shows in this book. He presents an easy-to-understand and enjoyable summary of the history and current knowledge of the brain & mind. As for what the future holds, I personally found his educated-guessing a little too "safe".

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I've loved Michio Kaku's books since high school, maybe earlier. He was able to write about theoretical physics in such an approachable, interesting way. Since reading his books, this is a topic which I always want to learn more about. As someone in working in science, I now also appreciate his a...

from UnderMyAppleTree

Science meets science fiction in this fascinating, informative, and highly readable book. We begin with some background on the brain - how it works, what scientists already know, past research, and some interesting case studies. Then we move on to current research. Most interesting to me, and pro...

from nmarun

Firstly, I felt this book to be an unusual combination - a Physicist and the Mind, but I'm glad I continued to read as Dr. Kaku explains the functions of the various parts of the brain. This serves as a bit of foundation work for the rest of the 'future of the mind'. The details provided on the l...