Your Flying Car Awaits - Robot Butlers, Lunar Vacations, and Other Dead Wrong Predictions of

A delightful mixture of science fiction, utopian vision, and just plain crazy ideas, Your Flying Car Awaits is a hilarious and insightful compendium of the most outrageous and completely ridiculous predictions of the 20th Century. Award-winning journalist Paul Milo''s collection of "Robot Butlers, Lunar Vacations, and Other Dead-Wrong Predictions of the Twentieth Century" is true history on the lighter side, a must for fans of Ken Davis and his bestselling Don''t Know Much About r series as well as the popular Darwin Awards books. For an unforgettable journey back through the misguided scientific mindset of the previous century, climb aboard-- Your Flying Car Awaits!

About the author

Paul Milo is an award-winning journalist and freelance writer. His freelance work has appeared on Beliefnet and in Editor and Publisher and Exit, an alternative weekly.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Milo, Milo Paul
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.12.2009
• EAN: 9780061724602
• ISBN: 978-0-06-172460-2
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 203 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); HISTORY: WORLD, HISTORY: General, HISTORY: Social History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, SCIENCE: Life Sciences / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING: Inventions, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING: Engineering (General)