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Dammit Science, Where's My Hoverboard?

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Hilarious Visions of the Future from the Past
Dammit Science, Where's My Hoverboard? is a humorous collection of quotes from famous faces over the last few centuries. Ranging from scorn for the lightbulb - ‘Everyone acquainted with the subject will recognize it as a conspicuous failure' - to ideas on how life would be lived in the year 2000 - ‘By the year 2000, housewives will probably have a robot maid shaped like a box with one large eye on top, several arms and hands, and long narrow pads on the side for moving about' - and offering predictions of failure for everything from the automobile - ‘The Japanese don't make anything the people in the US would want' - to the iPod - ‘By next Christmas the iPod will be dead, finished, gone, kaput.' - the book uses the gift of hindsight to show why one should never say ‘never'.
Dammit Science, Where's My Hoverboard? is a humorous collection of quotes from famous faces over the last few centuries. Ranging from scorn for the lightbulb - ‘Everyone acquainted with the subject will recognize it as a conspicuous failure' - to ideas on
Details:
ISBN:
9781742706559
Format:
Paperback
Page Count:
128
Dimensions:
18.00cm x 11.30cm
Weight:
140g
Publisher:
Hardie Grant Books
Genre:
Gift & Popular Culture