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003			MEMOS
005			20240731094005.0
008			170519s2017 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2017024135
020			_a9781107148734
020			_a9781316602621 (pbk)
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dMEMOS
042			_apcc
082	0	0	_a303.49 _223 _bB 787
100	1		_aBowler, Peter J., _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA history of the future : _bprophets of progress from H.G. Wells to Isaac Asimov / _cPeter J. Bowler, Queen's University Belfast.
263			_a1709
264		1	_aCambridge ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2017.
300			_apages cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: progress or threat? -- The prophets: their backgrounds and ambitions -- How we'll live -- Where we'll live -- Communicating and computing -- Getting around -- Taking to the air -- Journey into space -- War -- Energy and environment -- Human nature -- Epilogue: plus ca change?.
650		0	_aForecasting.
650		0	_aScience fiction _xHistory and criticism.
906			_a2021-180 _brip _corignew _d1 _eecip _f20 _gy-gencatlg
942			_2ddc _cBK _n0
999			_c1102 _d1102