Profiles of the Future
Douban
overview
An inquiry into the limits of the possible.
Our problems on Jupiter, Mercury, Venus - conquering Time - transport in the future - overcoming gravity - communications across space - benevolent electronic brains.
The range of this enthralling book is immense: from the re-making of the human mind to the vast reaches of the universe. Newly revised, even the remarkable events of the last decade have affected few of the exciting speculations by Arthur C. Clarke - a scientist whose expert and wide knowledge is matched only by his brilliant imagination.
contents
Gateway Introduction
Contents
Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction
One. Hazards of Prophecy: The Failure of Nerve
Two. Hazards of Prophecy,: The Failure of Imagination
Three. The Future of Transport
Four. Riding on Air
Five. Beyond Gravity
Six. The Quest for Speed
Seven. World Without Distance
Eight. Rocket to the Renaissance
Nine. You Can't Get There from Here
Ten. Space, the Unconquerable
Eleven. About Time
Twelve. Ages of Plenty
Thirteen. Aladdin's Lamp
Fourteen. Invisible Men, and Other Prodigies
Fifteen. The Road to Lilliput
Sixteen. Voices from the Sky
Seventeen. Brain and Body
Eighteen. The Obsolescence of Man
Nineteen. The Long Twilight
Chart of the Future
Postscript
Website
Also By Arthur C.Clarke
Dedication
Author Bio
Copyright