Predicting the Future: From Verne to Bill Gates

by John Malone

Humans have always tried to predict the future, with prophecies of salvation or damnation. This book describes the startling predictions made during the 19th and 20th centuries, and whether they came... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087131830X
• ISBN13: 9780871318305
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: M. Evans and Company
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Even the smartest didn't always get it right

A fascinating account of the power of the imagination to not only predict but also create the future. An elegant writer and judicious chooser of facts, Malone takes a level-headed approach to the people he writes about, deflating and praising as appropriate. PREDICTING THE FUTURE provides a useful context for evaluating all the technological changes coming at us today