Title: Where Will Man Take Us?:
Author: Atul Jalan
Publisher: Penguin Portfolio (13 April 2019)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0143446932
Publisher: Penguin Portfolio (13 April 2019)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0143446932
ISBN-13: 978-0143446934
Cover and Title
A simple and distinctive cover which shows the image of a drone and simple and eye-catching color combination of bright yellow and black color combo. The tile "Where will man take us" is a question toward humanity about the progress that man has been making in the last 3-4 decades in the field of science and technology.
Theme
The book consists of subdivisions involving major scientific impacts in the last The breakdown of starting from the homo sapiens a point of evolution from where human life began, the big bang theory where the universe came into existence to the more scientific technologic boob involving nano-technology, artificial intelligence, quantum, computing, and genetics.
The book is covering the past, present and the future of existence of humans on planet earth. The book covers all the major technologies which have an impact on human existence in the future,.
Language and Narration
The author should be credited for the use of simple play of words he had used in the book, along with the tactical narrational skills as the book brings into light the human transition from a bare nature to the more complex use of technology into their lives. The author puting a question at the end which makes the readers think a lot. Even if there are a lot of concepts that Indians are not very familiar with, as a beginner you can always try knowing things at least a few concepts
What I Liked and Disliked
Being a Software Engineer technology has always fascinated me and this book is something which I thoroughly enjoyed reading as it brings into light about technology which I work in and most of the complex things has been described in simple terms so readers of all types understand what is been questioned in the book
The only thing which actually I didn't like was the poems, which I felt is too long and didn't solve the purpose.