A Century of Tomorrows: How Imagining the Future Shapes the Present

by Glenn Adamson

An acclaimed cultural historian takes readers on an intellectual thrill ride through the kaleidoscopic story of futurology, a surprisingly powerful force in the modern world.

For millennia, predicting the future was the province of priests and prophets, the realm of astrologers and seers. Then, in the twentieth century, futurologists emerged, claiming that data and design could make planning into a rational certainty. Over time, many...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1639730230
• ISBN13: 9781639730230
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.5"