The wonderful future that never was : flying cars, mail delivery by parachute, and other predictions from the past
By: Gregory Benford and the editors of Popular mechanics.
Publisher: Hearst Communications; Hearst Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781588168221
Subjects: Technological forecasting; Inventions -- History; Twentieth century -- Forecasts
Genres: Forecasts
Other titles: Popular mechanics, the wonderful future that never was; Popular mechanics; Popular mechanics magazine.
Description: Reveals predictions made in "Popular Mechanics" magazine between 1903 and 1969 about what the future would hold! "Surrounded by wonders and a fast-evolving culture of innovation, it's just as chalenging today for us to imagine the next century as it must have been for our early 20th century colleagues to envision the fabled year 2000."-- P. 6.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The city of the future; title: Home, sweet home of tomorrow; title: Mind and word become far-reaching and universal; title: Heavy water may prolong life; title: Airships to supersede battleships; title: This unfinished world.