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From Science Fiction to Science Fact - How Writers of the Past Invented Our Present (Hardcover)
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From Science Fiction to Science Fact - How Writers of the Past Invented Our Present (Hardcover)
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The iconic futurist artist and designer Syd Mead once described
science fiction as 'reality ahead of schedule'. In From Science
Fiction to Science Fact, Levy explores the visions of the writers,
futurists and far-sighted inventors who made those realities, from
the direct influence of H.G. Wells on the atomic bomb and the tank,
to the ambitious prototypes created by inventors ahead of their
time, such as Nikola Tesla's remote-controlled drone ships. The
history and development of each technology is detailed and related
in context, exploring the road from prescient fictional
representation to real-life technology. Meet the greatest names and
works in sci-fi, from Jules Verne and Aldous Huxley to Arthur C.
Clarke and Isaac Asimov, Star Trek to the Bionic Man, alongside
visionary inventors such as Tesla and Wernher von Braun. 'What the
writers of modern science fiction invent today, you and I will do
tomorrow - J.G. Ballard.
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