"See the present, as the future, from the past – and be inspired!"
Congratulations to whoever decided to reissue three much loved 70s science books as this, The Usborne Book of the Future. Each of the books, Robots, Future Cities, Star Travel, was first published in 1979, those halcyon days post Save the Whale but pre–Global Warming, post manmade fibres but pre-micro plastics, when thinking about the future meant imagining a better, brighter world for everyone.
They’re presented exactly as they were first published, no updates at all, so that everyone who reads them can revel in the sense of excitement and optimism, while checking how much the authors got right, and what we still have to hope for – floating cities, inter-stellar colonies and lunar Olympics included.
There will be many people who grew up loving these books – futurologist Tom Cheesewright for example, who contributes the foreword – and though the illustrations now have a decidedly retro charm, the content is still inspiring, a celebration of the best of science, engineering and human ingenuity.
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