Future Proof - Nick Sagan

Future Proof

The Greatest Gadgets and Gizmos Ever Imagined

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
160 Seiten
2008
Icon Books (Verlag)
978-1-84831-004-9 (ISBN)
13,70 inkl. MwSt
Charts from prototype to realization the real-life technical evolution of 50 of the poplar science-fiction inventions. This title includes: "Buck Rogers'" jetpack, "Jetsons" - Flying cars, "Star Trek's" transporters, "The Six Million-Dollar Man's" cyborg, "Sleeper's" Orgasmatron, and "2001's" artificial intelligence.
This title charts from prototype to realization the real-life technical evolution of 50 of the most poplar science-fiction inventions. It is essential reading for the technology addict or SF film fan.Detailing the history, the reality and the tech spec of 50 of science fiction's most brilliant crime-fighting, space-travelling, remote controlled, lightspeed, artificially intelligent inventions, "Future Proof" is required reading for anyone who knows their wormhole from their black holes...It features: "Buck Rogers'" jetpack, "Jetsons" - Flying cars, "Star Trek's" transporters, "The Six Million-Dollar Man's" cyborg, "Sleeper's" Orgasmatron, "2001's" artificial intelligence, "Lost in Space's" remote controlled robots, "Vanilla Sky's" Cryonics, "Star Wars'" Warp Drives, "Back to the Future's" time travel, "Total Recall's" Terraforming, "Doctor Who's" robot pets, "Galatic Patrol's" Cybernetics, "A Fall of Moondust's" space tourism, "Stargate's" wormholes and "Brave New World's" Hypnopedia.

Nick Sagan is the son of astronomer Carl Sagan and the author of the bestselling SF novels Idlewild, Edenborn and Everfree. Mark Frary is a science journalist whose work has appeared in The Times and many other newspapers and magazines. Andy Walker currently hosts and produces a video podcast at www.labrats.tv

Erscheint lt. Verlag 7.8.2008
Co-Autor Andy Walker, Mark Frary
Zusatzinfo Illustrations
Verlagsort Duxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Technikgeschichte
ISBN-10 1-84831-004-8 / 1848310048
ISBN-13 978-1-84831-004-9 / 9781848310049
Zustand Neuware
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