Imagining Tomorrow
Download or Read eBook Imagining Tomorrow PDF written by Joseph J. Corn and published by MIT Press (MA). This book was released on 1988-03-01 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Joseph J. Corn |
Publisher | : MIT Press (MA) |
Total Pages | : 237 |
Release | : 1988-03-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 0262530767 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780262530767 |
Rating | : 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Imagining Tomorrow by : Joseph J. Corn
Book excerpt: The history of the future is the history of a society's imagination, and ImaginingTomorrow takes a lively and informative look at the future as envisioned in the American past. Theseten original essays explore the impulse to peer into the future, particularly into the Americandream of a technological utopia. Some of the technologies discussed are x-rays, radio, plastics, theelectric light, and nuclear power (including Henry Ford's nuclear car).Joseph J. Corn is a lecturerin the Program on Values, Technology, Science, and Society at Stanford University.