Ten billion tomorrows : how science fiction technology became reality and shapes the future / Brian Clegg.
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Details
- Edition
- First edition.
- Description
- x, 307 pages ; 22 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-293) and index.
- Contents
- Through a glass, darkly -- Blue pill or red pill? -- Buy me -- Feel the Force -- Rossum's children -- Dinosaur construction -- Suit up -- Ray gun ready -- Take me to your leader -- End of the world, part three -- Atom world -- Beam me up -- Destination Moon -- It's good to talk -- Cyborg -- Engage cloaking device -- Open the pod bay doors -- Never-ending story.
- Summary
- "An exciting new book about real-life technology derived from science fiction and its impact on the world"-- Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Science fiction -- History and criticism.
- Science fiction films -- History and criticism.
- Science fiction -- Influence.
- Literature and technology.
- Science and civilization.
- Science -- Popular works.
- SCIENCE / History.
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy.
- ISBN
- 9781250057853 (hardcover) : $27.99
- 125005785X (hardcover)
- 9781466861923 (e-book)