Popular Mechanics The Wonderful Future that Never Was: Flying Cars, Mail Deliver

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Very Good: A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, ...
ISBN
9781588169754
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Hearst Communications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1588169758
ISBN-13
9781588169754
eBay Product ID (ePID)
113298845

Product Key Features

Book Title
Popular Mechanics the Wonderful Future That Never Was : Flying Cars, Mail Delivery by Parachute, and Other Predictions from the Past
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Topic
Social Aspects, General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering
Author
Gregory Benford
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
7.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
600
Synopsis
Between 1903 and 1969, scientists and other experts made hundreds of predictions in Popular Mechanics about what the future would hold. Here are the very best of them, complete with the original, visually stunning retro art plus chapter introductions by astrophysics professor, science-fiction author, and former NASA advisor Gregory Benford.  "Endlessly fascinating."-- Booklist .  " A wonderful coffee-table book that you will also want to read page-by-page ."--Joe Haldeman, Hugo and Nebula award-winning author of The Forever War .    "All these fantastically fabulous futures, and I get to live in none of them--and no, having an iPod Touch does not make up for it--but at least I have this book, which almost does."--John Scalzi, bestselling author of Old Man's War, Between 1903 and 1969, scientists and other experts made hundreds of predictions in Popular Mechanics about what the future would hold. Here are the very best of them, complete with the original, visually stunning retro art plus chapter introductions by astrophysics professor, science-fiction author, and former NASA advisor Gregory Benford.  "Endlessly fascinating."-- Booklist .  " A wonderful coffee-table book that you will also want to read page-by-page ."--Joe Haldeman, Hugo and Nebula award-winning author of The Forever War . , Between 1903 and 1969, scientists and other experts made hundreds of predictions in "Popular Mechanics" about what the future would hold. Here are the very best of them, complete with the original, visually stunning retro art plus chapter introductions by astrophysics professor, science-fiction author, and former NASA advisor Gregory Benford. Endlessly fascinating. --"Booklist." "A wonderful coffee-table book that you will also want to read page-by-page." --Joe Haldeman, Hugo and Nebula award-winning author of "The Forever War." All these fantastically fabulous futures, and I get to live in none of them--and no, having an iPod Touch does not make up for it--but at least I have this book, which almost does. --John Scalzi, bestselling author of "Old Man's War""
LC Classification Number
T174

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