Virtual You. How Creating Digital Twins Will Change the Future of Humanity

Just imagine: instead of a tedious doctor's visit and a prescription for an unproven medication – an instant list of recommendations tailored specifically for your body and possessing 100 percent effectiveness. Impossible, you might say?Not at all – insist Peter... Coveney and Roger Highfield. The latest research in the field of creating digital twins, which they discuss in this book, will help predict the risks of disease emergence, more effectively test medications, choose the optimal daily routine and diet, as well as determine treatment methods to improve health and prolong human life. All that remains is to solve a few technological and ethical issues so that the "virtual you" can become a reality.