A History of the Future: Prophets of Progress from H. G. Wells to Isaac Asimov

ISBN-13: 9781107148734 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 298 str.

Peter J. Bowler

Opis

A wide-ranging survey of predictions about the future development and impact of science and technology through the twentieth century.

Recenzje

'In A History of the Future, Peter Bowler paints a rich and engaging portrait of the interplay between speculative literature and technological innovation in the public sphere and in doing so sheds light on the processes by which innovations were conceived, created and became part of modern life. The result is a mixture of popular and academic intellectual history that makes a number of important contributions to the history of the origins of science fiction, the role of science in public discourse, and the technologies that competed in an open-ended quest for scientific 'progress'.' Liam Stowell, European Review of History: revue européenne d'histoire

Spis treści

1. Introduction: progress or threat?; 2. The prophets: their backgrounds and ambitions; 3. How we'll live; 4. Where we'll live; 5. Communicating and computing; 6. Getting around; 7. Taking to the air; 8. Journey into space; 9. War; 10. Energy and environment; 11. Human nature; 12. Epilogue: Plus ça change?