Breakfast with Robots
The Future Science of Daily Life
Will be published approx. on 10. September 2026
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-78929-877-2 (ISBN)
Description
Breakfast with Robots explores a typical day in the not-so-distant future, from AI-made breakfasts to quantum-powered workdays. It's a fascinating and accessible look at how today's science is shaping tomorrow's everyday life.
What will your morning look like in fifty years? Will an AI robot make your coffee, prepare your breakfast and quietly monitor your health as you wake? From the moment we open our eyes to the time we drift into sleep - perhaps aboard a space hotel - our lives are being shaped by the science of today.
Breakfast with Robots invites you on a playful and insightful journey through a typical day in the near future, uncovering the physics and emerging technologies poised to transform how we eat, travel, work and rest. With bite-size facts, fascinating science and a touch of wonder, this illustrated guide explores everything from lab-grown food and flying taxis to quantum computers and AI dream analysis.
The future is not a distant land - it is already taking shape in our homes, our cities and our imaginations. This book shows how understanding the science of today helps us glimpse the extraordinary world of tomorrow.
What will your morning look like in fifty years? Will an AI robot make your coffee, prepare your breakfast and quietly monitor your health as you wake? From the moment we open our eyes to the time we drift into sleep - perhaps aboard a space hotel - our lives are being shaped by the science of today.
Breakfast with Robots invites you on a playful and insightful journey through a typical day in the near future, uncovering the physics and emerging technologies poised to transform how we eat, travel, work and rest. With bite-size facts, fascinating science and a touch of wonder, this illustrated guide explores everything from lab-grown food and flying taxis to quantum computers and AI dream analysis.
The future is not a distant land - it is already taking shape in our homes, our cities and our imaginations. This book shows how understanding the science of today helps us glimpse the extraordinary world of tomorrow.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
b/w line drawings and diagrams
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
330 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78929-877-2 (9781789298772)
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Joel Levy is a writer and journalist specializing in science, nature and technology. His writing explores both mainstream science and weird technology, from chemistry and physics to death-rays and biomimetic robots. Joel has degrees in molecular biology and psychology from the Universities of Warwick and Edinburgh respectively, and has written more than 40 titles, published in the UK, the US, Australia, Europe and Asia, including: Newton's Notebook: The Life, Times and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton, 101 Problems for the Armchair Scientist, Reality Ahead of Schedule: How Science Fiction Inspires Science Fact and Futureworld: Tomorrow's Technology Today.