Title The future of humanity : terraforming Mars, interstellar travel, immortality, and our destiny beyond Earth / Dr. Michio Kaku, Professor of Theoretical Physics, City University of New York.

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Edition	First edition.
Physical Description	xx, 339 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-324) and index.
Summary	Formerly the domain of fiction, moving human civilization to the stars is increasingly becoming a scientific possibility--and a necessity. Whether in the near future due to climate change and the depletion of finite resources, or in the distant future due to catastrophic cosmological events, we must face the reality that humans will one day need to leave planet Earth to survive as a species. World-renowned physicist and futurist Michio Kaku explores in rich, intimate detail the process by which humanity may gradually move away from the planet and develop a sustainable civilization in outer space.
Contents	Leaving the Earth -- Preparing for lift-off -- New golden age for space travel -- Mining the heavens -- Mars or bust -- Mars: the garden planet -- Gas giants, comets and beyond -- Voyage to the stars -- Robots in space -- Building a starship -- Kepler and a universe of planets -- Life in the universe -- Immortality -- Transhumanism and technology -- Search for extraterrestrial life -- Advanced civilizations -- Leaving the universe.
Subject	Astrophysics.
	Interplanetary voyages.
	Science -- History -- 21st century.
	Science -- Social aspects -- Forecasting.