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All the Wonder that Would Be: Exploring Past Notions of the Future
Stephen Webb
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Description for All the Wonder that Would Be: Exploring Past Notions of the Future
Paperback. Series: Science and Fiction. Num Pages: 335 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 30 colour illustrations, 50 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSA; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
It has been argued that science fiction (SF) gives a kind of weather forecast - not the telling of a fortune but rather the rough feeling of what the future might be like. The intention in this book is to consider some of these bygone forecasts made by SF and to use this as a prism through which to view current developments in science and technology. In each of the ten main chapters - dealing in turn with antigravity, space travel, aliens, time travel, the nature of reality, invisibility, robots, means of transportation, augmentation of the human ... Read more
It has been argued that science fiction (SF) gives a kind of weather forecast - not the telling of a fortune but rather the rough feeling of what the future might be like. The intention in this book is to consider some of these bygone forecasts made by SF and to use this as a prism through which to view current developments in science and technology. In each of the ten main chapters - dealing in turn with antigravity, space travel, aliens, time travel, the nature of reality, invisibility, robots, means of transportation, augmentation of the human ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Science and Fiction
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319517582
SKU
V9783319517582
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About Stephen Webb
Since gaining a BSc in physics from the University of Bristol and a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Manchester, Stephen Webb has worked in a variety of universities in the UK. He is a regular contributor to the Yearbook of Astronomy series and has published an undergraduate textbook Measuring the Universe - The Cosmological Distance Ladder (1999) ... Read more
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