Description
Experience the worlds most promising technological innovations and the science behind them in this entertaining photo-rich book.
For futurists and sci-tech enthusiasts, every page reveals advances powering our future, with on-site interviews, deep explainers, and helpful visuals.
What will our future look like?
In The Next Big Thing, meteorologist and science reporter Rob Marciano invites readers to take a journey through the innovations that will change our lives for the better in four key realms of science:
Energy How will we power the planet? Marciano ventures inside a nuclear fusion reactor to learn about sustainable, near-infinite energy.
Electricity Marciano goes airborne in an electric one-person aircraftcould be tomorrows Uber!
Infrastructure Can we build cleaner cities? Marciano visits Ascent, a timber skyscraper in Milwaukee.
Information Is AI friend or foe? Marciano meets android SOPHIA and asks her that question.
Complementing Marcianos reporting, physicist James Trefil unpacks the science behind each innovation and highlights other promising developments: solid-state batteries, quantum computers, 3-D printed homes, and robots.
By the end of this book, you wont just hope for a better future. Youll believe in itby understanding the bold science and technology making it happen.
Author: Rob Marciano,James Trefil
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Published: 04/14/2026
Pages: 304
ISBN: 9781426223297
Language: English
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