Title The wonderful future that never was / Gregory Benford and the editors of Popular mechanics.

Publication Info.

New York, NY : Hearst Books, 2012.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department	609 BENFORD	Check Shelf
Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department	609 BEN	Check Shelf

Edition	1st pbk. ed.
Description	207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Note	Includes indexes.
	"The illustrations, text, and photographs in this volume previously appeared in Popular mechanics issues between 1903 and 1970"--Colophon.
	"Flying cars, mail delivery by parachute, and other predictions from the past"--Cover.
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.
Summary	Reveals predictions made in "Popular Mechanics" magazine between 1903 and 1969 about what the future would hold!
Subject	Technological forecasting.
	Inventions -- History.
	Twentieth century -- Forecasts.
	World history -- 20th century -- Forecasting.
Genre/Form	Forecasts. (OCoLC)fst01424052
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Subject	Inventions. (OCoLC)fst00977993
	Technological forecasting. (OCoLC)fst01144998
	Twentieth century. (OCoLC)fst01159810
Added Title	Popular mechanics magazine.
	Popular mechanics (Chicago, Ill. : 1959)
ISBN	9781588169754 paperback
	1588169758 paperback
	9781588168221

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