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Exponential Explosions of Technology: Innovations That Changed the World by Joseph W. Goodman explores how technological progress across diverse fields has followed—and often still follows—exponential trajectories. It begins by explaining the mathematics and meaning of exponential growth, then traces the phenomenon through more than twenty major domains of science and engineering. The book weaves together advances in electronics, energy, communications, biotechnology, food production, and land transportation, revealing how compounding innovation has transformed human capability. It highlights the accelerating improvements in computing power, data storage, imaging, energy production, medical discovery, and artificial intelligence, alongside real-world consequences such as cheaper renewable energy, more powerful neural networks, and the rise of electric vehicles. In its later chapters, it investigates why exponential growth is so pervasive, and what natural, physical, and economic limits might eventually constrain it. Through quantitative data and historical analysis, the book offers a panoramic view of how exponential technological change continues to reshape civilization.
Contents
What is Exponential Growth?
Moore's Law: The Number of Transistors on an Integrated Circuit
The Number of Floating-Point Operations Performed by a GPU
Solid-State Memory Capacity and Bandwidth
Koomey's Law: Computations per kWh of Energy
The Evolution of Camera Sensors
Swanson's Law: The Cost of One Watt of Solar Power
Solar and Wind Power Generation
Keck's Law: Data Rates in Optical Fiber
Mobile Network Speed
Kryder's Law: The Number of Bits Stored on a Magnetic Disk
Haitz's Law: The Brightness and Cost of Illumination
The Energy Density of Lithium-Ion Batteries
3D Printing Resolution
The Aperture Size of Telescopes
The Energies of Particle Accelerators
The Accuracy of Time Keeping
Technology's Impact on Food Production
Technology's Impact on Land Transportation Speed
Eroom's Law: The Number of New Drugs Produced per $1B of R&D
Genome Sequencing Costs
Innovations in Vaccine Science and Technology
The Development of Antibiotics
Growth of Social Media
Growth of Capability of Artificial Neural Networks
The Electric Vehicle Renaissance
Why is Exponential Growth of Technology So Common?
What Limits Exponential Growth?
