{"product_id":"your-flying-car-awaits-robot-butlers-lunar-vacations-and-other-dead-wrong-predictions-of-the-twentieth-century-paperback","title":"Your Flying Car Awaits: Robot Butlers, Lunar Vacations, and Other Dead-Wrong Predictions of the Twentieth Century - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Milo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA delightful mixture of science fiction, utopian vision, and just plain crazy ideas, Your Flying Car Awaits is a hilarious and insightful compendium of the most outrageous and completely ridiculous predictions of the 20th Century. Award-winning journalist Paul Milo's collection of \"Robot Butlers, Lunar Vacations, and Other Dead-Wrong Predictions of the Twentieth Century\" is true history on the lighter side, a must for fans of Ken Davis and his bestselling Don't Know Much About(R) series as well as the popular Darwin Awards books. For an unforgettable journey back through the misguided scientific mindset of the previous century, climb aboard--Your Flying Car Awaits!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFailed Predictions: \u003c\/b\u003e Explore a hilarious catalog of dead-wrong guesses, from baby factories and sonic dishwashers to the guaranteed cure for the common cold.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePop Culture History: \u003c\/b\u003e Discover why the future promised by shows like \u003ci\u003eThe Jetsons\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Six Million Dollar Man\u003c\/i\u003e never arrived, and what those visions say about the times that created them.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eScience and Technology History: \u003c\/b\u003e A funny and fascinating look at the brilliant minds who promised us jet-powered cars, domed cities, and lunar colonies--and why they were so sure they were right.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e20th-Century Predictions: \u003c\/b\u003e From the dawn of the automobile to the space race, uncover the wildly optimistic and hilariously pessimistic visions that defined a century of looking ahead.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTalking dolphins . . . Underwater cities . . . Two-hundred-year life spans . . . Welcome to the present!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeople have always imagined what life would be like in the future. Most of the time they've been wrong. Often they were really, really wrong. \u003cem\u003eYour Flying Car Awaits\u003c\/em\u003e looks at the most outrageous predictions from twentieth-century scientists, novelists, and social commentators, detailing the technologies and philosophies that led some great (and not so great)minds to think the ridiculous was achievable. Includes phenomenally inaccurate predictions such as: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpace tourism will be ubiquitous by the year 2000\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNuclear explosives will be used for commercial demolition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngineered and man-made oceans will cover the planet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeather will be as predictable and controllable as a train schedule\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn eye-opening, fascinating, and endlessly entertaining collection of truly boneheaded scientific predictions from the past hundred years, \u003cem\u003eYour Flying Car Awaits\u003c\/em\u003e shines an illuminating light on the people of the previous century by examining the ridiculous theories they envisioned about this one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.04 x 4.88 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 08, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47300614553785,"sku":"9780061724602","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/4309\/4713\/files\/wzWi_spmn59780061724602.webp?v=1783857904","url":"https:\/\/thoobo.com\/products\/your-flying-car-awaits-robot-butlers-lunar-vacations-and-other-dead-wrong-predictions-of-the-twentieth-century-paperback","provider":"Thoobo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}