The coming third millennium AD sums up a whole galaxy of greatest scientific and technical achievements that have determined the gigantic progress that has been achieved by science and technology in recent times. How long ago did the use of intra-atomic energy cause the “Chernobyl syndrome” and seemed like a thing of the distant future? Now the construction of thermonuclear reactors has already become part of the real plans of the international scientific community. On water and under water, the energy of a conquered atom has long served man, now it is its turn to explore outer space. Nanotechnologies are developing rapidly, promising to revolutionize radio electronics and advance solar energy, instrument making, and automation far ahead. The confident steps of the humanoid robot that accompanies the Japanese Prime Minister everywhere seem to be a real scientific miracle, and the creation of absolutely fantastic quantum computers is already in line. These ultra-fast electronic computers will be able to perform the most complex calculations in a negligibly short time. The achievements of sciences that study matter and help remake it are amazing, and here one of the most fundamental sciences, quantum physics, has been confidently leading for a century, discovering more and more elementary particles and penetrating ever deeper into the hidden recesses of matter. In the scientific projects of tomorrow, quantum teleportation systems, time machines and “anti-gravity planes” are increasingly appearing, and all these wonders of the future have a completely solid scientific basis. So what prospects will open up, for example, in the first quarter of the twenty-first century? What does the future promise for science, what victories await man ahead? What can you see if you try to penetrate with your mind's eye into the distance of time?