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Title: FUTURE PROOF
THE GREATEST GADGETS AND GIZMOS EVER IMAGINED
By: Nick Sagan, Andy Walker, Mark Frary
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 1848310048
ISBN 13: 9781848310049
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Publisher: ICON BOOKS LTD
Pub. date: 7 August, 2008
Pages: 160
Description: Charts from prototype to realization the real-life technical evolution of 50 of the poplar science-fiction inventions. This title includes: "Buck Rogers'" jetpack, "Jetsons" - Flying cars, "Star Trek's" transporters, "The Six Million-Dollar Man's" cyborg, "Sleeper's" Orgasmatron, and "2001's" artificial intelligence.
Synopsis: This title charts from prototype to realization the real-life technical evolution of 50 of the most poplar science-fiction inventions. It is essential reading for the technology addict or SF film fan.Detailing the history, the reality and the tech spec of 50 of science fiction's most brilliant crime-fighting, space-travelling, remote controlled, lightspeed, artificially intelligent inventions, "Future Proof" is required reading for anyone who knows their wormhole from their black holes...It features: "Buck Rogers'" jetpack, "Jetsons" - Flying cars, "Star Trek's" transporters, "The Six Million-Dollar Man's" cyborg, "Sleeper's" Orgasmatron, "2001's" artificial intelligence, "Lost in Space's" remote controlled robots, "Vanilla Sky's" Cryonics, "Star Wars'" Warp Drives, "Back to the Future's" time travel, "Total Recall's" Terraforming, "Doctor Who's" robot pets, "Galatic Patrol's" Cybernetics, "A Fall of Moondust's" space tourism, "Stargate's" wormholes and "Brave New World's" Hypnopedia.
Illustrations: Illustrations, unspecified
Publication: UK
Imprint: Icon Books Ltd
Returns: Returnable
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