- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Hippo; 1 edition (17 Sep 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0439973368
- ISBN-13: 978-0439973366
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 575,092 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In 30 years' time will you be holidaying on the moon? In 100 years' time could you genetically engineer your own pet? In 1000 years' time will you travel through space in an anti-matter-drive spaceship? This eye-opening guide predicts the future with a time-travelling trip through, well, time.. Inside, visit vast skyscraper cities, make friends with robots and cyborgs, colonize far distant galaxies, and watch the very last star go out at the end of the universe PLUS Read the Tomorrow's Times news reports from the future, discover how to terraform a desert planet and how to create a virtual you If you want to be in the know, get The Knowledge!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
`Love it or hate it, everyone is fascinated by the future: looking forward to going home, dreading an exam, wondering who will win the World Cup, planning the perfect crime, buying a lottery ticket, we spend a lot of today thinking about tomorrow.........
So read and find out:-
how the world will end; but never mind, because you'll also learn:
how to colonize the Galaxy;.....
and in case you think you won't be around by then, you'll also discover:
how to live for ever.
Along the way, you'll also find out how forecasts and predictions can sometimes be spookily accurate - and why they're often complete pants. Ready to face the future?...........'
A colourful, humorous cover opens to 144 pages, split over 15 chapters:-
Introduction
Timeline of tomorrow 1 : The 21st Century
The future's not what it used to be
The world in your room
School's out
CyberVille
Timeline of tomorrow 2 : The 22nd Century
Speed machines
Future crime
Timeline of tomorrow 3 : The distant future
How to live forever
Tomorrow- the universe
Nightmare tomorrows
Face the future
The future's out there.....
Black and white illustrations/cartoons throughout.
`If you want to be in the know, get `The Knowledge'!'
So read and find out:-
how the world will end; but never mind, because you'll also learn:
how to colonize the Galaxy;.....
and in case you think you won't be around by then, you'll also discover:
how to live for ever.
Along the way, you'll also find out how forecasts and predictions can sometimes be spookily accurate - and why they're often complete pants. Ready to face the future?...........'
A colourful, humorous cover opens to 144 pages, split over 15 chapters:-
Introduction
Timeline of tomorrow 1 : The 21st Century
The future's not what it used to be
The world in your room
School's out
CyberVille
Timeline of tomorrow 2 : The 22nd Century
Speed machines
Future crime
Timeline of tomorrow 3 : The distant future
How to live forever
Tomorrow- the universe
Nightmare tomorrows
Face the future
The future's out there.....
Black and white illustrations/cartoons throughout.
`If you want to be in the know, get `The Knowledge'!'
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book tells you all about what the future might be like and gives you lots of information on it.
It also tells you about people who try to see what the far future might be like.
It is fascinating and I think that Dr Mike Goldsmith is an excellent writer.
It also tells you about people who try to see what the far future might be like.
It is fascinating and I think that Dr Mike Goldsmith is an excellent writer.
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