| You Call This the Future?: The Greatest Inventions Sci-Fi Imagined and Science Promised Contributor(s): Sagan, Nick (Author), Frary, Mark (Author), Walker, Andy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1556526857 ISBN-13: 9781556526855 Publisher: Chicago Review Press OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2008 Annotation: Examining the 50 coolest, most stylish, and most popular futuristic inventions, this handbook peers through the lens of today's science, looking at which ones have become reality and how they work, and which are still in the imagined future--"will we ever get to ride our jetpacks"? From prototype to realization, the technological evolution of each invention--such as the "Star Trek "communicator, which has become today's cell phone; the robot pets of "Dr. Who;" "Vanilla Sky's" cryonics; and even "Sleeper"'s orgasmatron--is charted in this veritable history of the future. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Inventions - Literary Criticism | Science Fiction & Fantasy - Technology & Engineering | History |
| Dewey: 608 |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6.39" W x 8.03" (0.84 lbs) 160 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Examining the 50 coolest, most stylish, and most popular futuristic inventions, this handbook peers through the lens of today s science, looking at which ones have become reality and how they work, and which are still in the imagined future"will we ever get to ride our jetpacks"? From prototype to realization, the technological evolution of each inventionsuch asthe "Star Trek "communicator, which has become today s cell phone; the robot pets of "Dr. Who;" "Vanilla Sky's" cryonics; and even "Sleeper" s orgasmatronis charted in thisveritable history of the future." |