Michio Kaku

The Future of Humanity

Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth

Doubleday/Anchor, February 2018

Our destiny lies in the stars—not because of our curiosity and wanderlust, but because of self-preservation. Ice ages, asteroid impacts, the earth’s finite carrying capacity, and even the death of the sun are some of existential threats that can destroy humanity. Either we leave the Earth, or we perish.

In OUR FINAL DESTINY, Dr. Michio Kaku explores the steps necessary to accomplish this ambitious goal, describing the technologies that will allow us to colonize and terraform other planets, mine the heavens for precious materials, and eventually settle among the stars. Dr. Kaku visualizes the self-replicating robots, nanomaterials, and bioengineered crops that will allow humanity to terraform Mars; the nanoships, laser sails, ram-jet fusion machines, anti-matter engines, and hyperdrive rockets that will carry us to the stars; and the radical body-altering technologies that will allow us to survive the long and taxing journey into space.

Finally, Dr. Kaku explores the possibility that one day, we will face not just the death of the earth, but the death of the universe itself. At that point, our technology might be advanced enough to create an inter-dimensional lifeboat to another, warmer universe, where humanity will continue to flourish.