Where Is Science Leading Us? - Jaeger, Lars;Dacorogna, Michel
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This book charts the evolution of the sciences and technologies that have shaped our modern age like nothing else in the last 60 years. As well as describing many exciting developments, it will also highlight the challenges and dangers of the technologies that have emerged from them. While science and technology have brought about enormous and often astonishing improvements in our quality of life, they have often also brought with them considerable risks, including the risk of human extinction. We place particular emphasis on the aspects that directly impact us as human beings: Artificial…mehr

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This book charts the evolution of the sciences and technologies that have shaped our modern age like nothing else in the last 60 years. As well as describing many exciting developments, it will also highlight the challenges and dangers of the technologies that have emerged from them. While science and technology have brought about enormous and often astonishing improvements in our quality of life, they have often also brought with them considerable risks, including the risk of human extinction. We place particular emphasis on the aspects that directly impact us as human beings: Artificial Intelligence (AI), enhancements of our brains/minds through innovative neuro-technologies, and the integration of nanotechnology into our bodies for early disease detection and elimination. What philosophical implications arise from these transformations? Authored by two theoretical physicists who are also experts in economics and capital markets - a rather rare combination - the book will explainthe developments of modern science and the resulting technologies. It also examines the current state of play and emerging developments in a manner accessible to non-scientists. Based on their own experience and the analysis, the authors also propose ways in which science can progress more harmoniously in future.

Autorenporträt
Dr. Lars Jaeger hat Physik, Mathematik, Philosophie und Geschichte in Bonn und Paris studiert und mehrere Jahre in der theoretischen Physik im Bereich der Quantenfeldtheorien und Chaostheorie (Universität Bonn, Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme Dresden) geforscht. Er lebt seit fünfundzwanzig Jahren in der Nähe von Zürich, wo er zwei eigene Unternehmen aufgebaut hat, die mit mathematischen Methoden globale Kapitelmärkte modellieren. Die Begeisterung für die Naturwissenschaften und die Philosophie hat ihn nie losgelassen, so dass er bereits zahlreiche Bücher dazu geschrieben hat. Prof. Dr. Michel Dacorogna erhielt seine Habilitation, seinen Doktortitel und seinen Master of Science in Theoretischer Physik von der Universität Genf und war Postdoc an der University of California in Berkeley. Heute ist er Partner bei Prime Re Solutions, einem Unternehmen, das Finanzinstitute in versicherungsmathematischen und wirtschaftlichen Fragen berät. Er forscht auf dem Gebiet der Versicherungsmathematik, des Kapitalmanagements und der Risiken, und stellt der Geschäftsleitung und den Kunden Modelle und Kapitalmanagementtechniken vor.