Reality Ahead of Schedule: How Science Fiction Inspires Science Fact Contributor(s): Levy, Joel (Author) |
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ISBN: 1588346706 ISBN-13: 9781588346704 Publisher: Smithsonian Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover Published: October 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Art | Subjects & Themes - Science Fiction & Fantasy - Technology & Engineering | Aeronautics & Astronautics - Art | Popular Culture |
Dewey: 500 |
LCCN: 2019019664 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 7.4" W x 9.4" L (1.70 lbs) 224 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product |
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/19/2019 Library Journal 08/23/2019 pg. 1 Booklist 09/15/2019 pg. 6 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A rich visual history of science fiction's impact on real-world technologies, this book is perfect for lovers of H. G. Wells, Star Trek, Isaac Asimov, Jules Verne, Aldous Huxley, and 2001: A Space Odyssey. Have you ever wished for a personal jet pack or a robot butler? Do you wonder how you would fare as an interplanetary traveler? Are you eagerly awaiting driverless cars? Reality Ahead of Schedule explores how what we imagine about the future has influenced our ability to make those ideas into reality. There are many vital technologies that science fiction not only predicted, but also helped bring into being. Through lively narration and lavish illustrations, the book presents technological developments in the military, consumer, space exploration, medical, and communications fields. It explores the writers, futurists, and far-sighted inventors whose visions became realities, from the direct influence of H. G. Wells on the atomic bomb and the tank, to the ambitious prototypes created by inventors ahead of their time, such as Nikola Tesla's remote-controlled drone ship. The history and development of each technology is related in context, exploring the road from prescient fictional representation to real-life technology. Reality Ahead of Schedule offers readers the chance to meet and understand the impact of some of the greatest names and works in sci-fi, from Jules Verne and Aldous Huxley to Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac Asimov, Star Trek to the Bionic Man, alongside visionary inventors such as Tesla and Wernher von Braun. |
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