The Resource The wonderful future that never was, Gregory Benford and the editors of Popular mechanics
The wonderful future that never was, Gregory Benford and the editors of Popular mechanics
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The item The wonderful future that never was, Gregory Benford and the editors of Popular mechanics represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Memorial Hall Library.
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 207 pages
- Note
-
- Includes both an index of predictions and a general index
- Published with a "free poster inside" on the dust jacket reverse side. -- Dust jacket
- Contents
-
- The city of the future
- Home, sweet home of tomorrow
- Mind & word become far-reaching & universal
- Heavy water may prolong life
- Airships supersede battleships
- This unfinished world
- Index of predictions
- Isbn
- 9781588168221
- Label
- The wonderful future that never was
- Title
- The wonderful future that never was
- Statement of responsibility
- Gregory Benford and the editors of Popular mechanics
- Title variation
-
- Wonderful future that never was : flying cars, mail delivery by parachute, and other predictions from the past
- Popular mechanics, the wonderful future that never was
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
- Popular mechanics magazine
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1941-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Benford, Gregory
- Dewey number
- 609
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- T174
- LC item number
- .B453 2010
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Technological forecasting
- Technological forecasting
- Inventions
- Twentieth century
- Label
- The wonderful future that never was, Gregory Benford and the editors of Popular mechanics
- Note
-
- Includes both an index of predictions and a general index
- Published with a "free poster inside" on the dust jacket reverse side. -- Dust jacket
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The city of the future -- Home, sweet home of tomorrow -- Mind & word become far-reaching & universal -- Heavy water may prolong life -- Airships supersede battleships -- This unfinished world -- Index of predictions
- Control code
- 1259593
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- 207 pages
- Isbn
- 9781588168221
- Lccn
- 2010003998
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color)
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1259593
- (OCoLC)522429255
- Label
- The wonderful future that never was, Gregory Benford and the editors of Popular mechanics
- Note
-
- Includes both an index of predictions and a general index
- Published with a "free poster inside" on the dust jacket reverse side. -- Dust jacket
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The city of the future -- Home, sweet home of tomorrow -- Mind & word become far-reaching & universal -- Heavy water may prolong life -- Airships supersede battleships -- This unfinished world -- Index of predictions
- Control code
- 1259593
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- 207 pages
- Isbn
- 9781588168221
- Lccn
- 2010003998
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color)
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1259593
- (OCoLC)522429255
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