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

Just imagine: instead of exhausting visits to the doctor and prescriptions for medications with unproven effectiveness – an instant list of recommendations tailored specifically for your body and possessing 100-percent effectiveness. Impossible, you might say?

Not at all – assert 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 developing diseases, conduct more effective drug trials, choose the optimal daily routine and diet, as well as determine treatment methods for improving health and extending human life. We just need to resolve a few technological and ethical issues for the "virtual you" to become a reality.