All the Wonder That Would Be: Exploring Past Notions of the Future

Preface.- Introduction.- Antigravity.- Space travel.- Aliens.- Time travel.- The Nature of Reality.- Invisibility.- Robots.- Transportation.- Immortality.- Mad Scientists.- Epilogue: a New Default Future?.- IndexAuthor: Stephen WebbPublisher: SpringerPublished: 05/10/2017Pages: 344Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.11lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75dISBN13: 9783319517582ISBN10: 3319517589BISAC Categories:- Science | Physics | General- Science | Space Science | Astronomy- Technology & Engineering | GeneralAbout the AuthorSince gaining a BSc in physics from the University of Bristol and a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Manchester, Stephen Webb has worked in a variety of universities in the UK. He is a regular contributor to the Yearbook of Astronomy series and has published an undergraduate textbook Measuring the Universe - The Cosmological Distance Ladder (1999) as well as several popular science books, among them Out of this World - Colliding Universes, Branes, String