Bob Novella
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
xviii, 494 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
Based on the podcast known for battling sloppy reasoning, bad arguments, and superstitions with logical thinking, the "Skeptical Rogues" help readers try to make sense of an increasingly crazy world using critical thinking skills, science, and philosophy.
Author
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
1 online resource(1 sound file (13hr.,51min.,9sec.))
Description
From the bestselling authors and hosts of "The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe," a high-tech roadmap of the future in their beloved voice, cracking open the follies of futurists past and how technology will profoundly change our world, redefining what it means to be human. Our predictions of the future are a wild fantasy, inextricably linked to our present hopes and fears, biases and ignorance. Whether they be the outlandish leaps predicted in the...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xvii, 414 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
Our predictions of the future are a wild fantasy, inextricably linked to our present hopes and fears, biases and ignorance. Whether they be the outlandish leaps predicted in the 1920s, like multi-purpose utility belts with climate control capabilities and planes the size of luxury cruise ships, or the forecasts of the '60s, which didn't anticipate the sexual revolution or women's liberation, the path to the present is littered with failed predictions...
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