【圖書簡介】 Arthur C. Clarke is one of the world's most renowned writers of science and science fiction， 'one of the truly prophetic figures of the space age' （New Yorker）. In this remarkable collection of essays， Clarke offers a fascinating excursion into what the future may hold. In his uniquely entertaining style he looks at the fourthdimension and the obsolescence of the law of gravity; the exploration of the entire solar system and the colonisation of some of it; and the possibility that men， already bigger than they need to be， may be bred smaller to be more efficienton less food. First published in 1962 and since revised by Clarke， ProXies of the Future is a fascinating collection， explaining that almost everything is possible in this improbable world in which we live.
【本書目錄】 Foreword to Millennial Edition Introduction 1. Hazards of Prophecy: The Failure of Nerve 2. Hazards of Prophecy: The Failure of Imagination 3. The Future of Transport 4. Riding on Air 5. Beyond Gravity 6. The Quest for Speed 7. World Without Distance 8. Rocket to the Renaissance 9. You Can't Get There from Here 10. Space, the Unconquerable 11. About Time 12. Ages of Plenty 13. Aladdin's Lamp 14. Invisible Men, and Other Prodigies 15. The Road to Lilliput 16. Voices from the Sky 17. Brain and Body 18. The Obsolescence of Man 19. The Long Twilight Chart of the Future
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