Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies

#1 Amazon New Release - How Movies Reveal the Future of TechnologyFans of The Science of Interstellar, The Second Machine Age, and Physics of the Future will want to read Films from the Future by Dr. Andrew Maynard.New insights into emerging technologies: Dr. Maynard is a huge fan of sci-fi movies and a professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University.

A PhD physicist from the University of Cambridge, UK, Dr. Maynard is a leading expert on the socially responsible development of emerging and converging technologies.

In Films from the Future he threads together his love of science fiction movies with his expertise on emerging technologies, introducing new ways to think about technology innovation.Technologies of the future: Films from the Future is grounded in transformative advances in science and technology that are radically changing our world and have the potential to impact our lives in ways that we often struggle to predict or understand.

The book draws on the imagination and creativity that run through science fiction movies to introduce readers to the profound capabilities presented by new and emerging technologies, and the complex personal and societal challenges and opportunities they present.Twelve sci-fi movies that help us see the future: Films from the Future looks at twelve movies that take readers on a journey through the worlds of biological and genetic manipulation, human enhancement and cyber technologies, and nanotechnology.

Readers will gain a broader understanding of the power of technological convergence, and the complex relationship between science and society.

The movies mix old and new, and the familiar and unfamiliar, to provide a unique, entertaining, and ultimately transformative perspective on the power of emerging technologies, and the responsibilities they come with.Films from the Future is an essential guide to navigating a future dominated by complex and powerful new technologies.