BL: Today and Tomorrow and...
Isaac Asimov, Today and Tomorrow and...
Dell (1973) ISBN: 0-440-15933-4
Score: 1
Collection of essays about science, science fiction, and the future. The science ones were informative, while the others are mainly of historical interest.
"What Do You Call a Platypus?" (International Wildlife Mar-Apr 1972)
"The Rhythm of Day and Night" (vt "Hidden Rhythms That Make Nature's Clock Tick" National Wildlife Dec-Jan 1972)
"The Sun Vanishes" (Look Mar 10, 1970)
"The Flying Mountains" (Intellectual Digest Jul 1972)
"The Romance of Mars" (Mars, We Love You 1971)
"Knowledge is Anywhere" (various newspapers, Spring 1971)
"Earth" (Smithsonian Apr 1971)
"Air" (Smithsonian Jul 1971)
"Water" (Smithsonian Sep 1971)
"Fire" (Smithsonian Nov 1971)
"Space" (Electronic Age Spring 1971)
"Time" (Electronic Age Summer 1971)
"Mass" (Electronic Age Autumn 1971)
"You Can't Even Break Even" (vt "In the Game of Energy and Thermodynamics You Can't Even Break Even" Smithsonian Aug 1970)
"The Secret of the Squid" (New York Times Jul 1969)
"How Many Inches in a Mile?" (Saturday Evening Post Winter 1971)
"Beyond the Ultimate" (vt "Speed Limit 186,300 M.P.S." Holiday Jul 1969)
"The Lunar Landing" (vt "The Moon Could Answer the Riddle of Life" New York Times Magazine Jul 13, 1969)
"After Apollo, What?" (vt "After Apollo, a Colony on the Moon" New York Times Magazine May 28, 1967)
"No Space for Women?" (Ladies Home Journal Mar 1971)
"Future Fun" (Lithopinion 6 1967)
"Personal Flight" (vt "Personal Flight 2000 A.D." Private Pilot May 1971)
"Freedom at Last" (vt "You've Come a Long Way, Baby..." Newsday Mar 14, 1970)
"The Age of the Computer" (vt "Who's Afraid of Computers?" Newsday Jan 20, 1968)
"The End" (Penthouse Jan 1971)
"The End, Unless..." (vt "Can Man Survive the Year 2000?" True Jan 1971)
"The Fourth Revolution" (Saturday Review Oct 24, 1970)
"The Perfect Machine" (Science Journal Oct 1968)
"Prediction as a Side Effect" (Boston Review of Arts Jul 1972)
"The Serious Side of Science Fiction" (vt "Science fiction, an aid to science, foresees the future" Smithsonian May 1970)
"A Literature of Ideas" (vt "When Aristotle Fails, Try Science Fiction" Intellectual Digest Dec 1971)
"The Scientists' Responsibility" (Chemical and Engineering News Apr 19, 1971)
Dell (1973) ISBN: 0-440-15933-4
Score: 1
Collection of essays about science, science fiction, and the future. The science ones were informative, while the others are mainly of historical interest.
"What Do You Call a Platypus?" (International Wildlife Mar-Apr 1972)
"The Rhythm of Day and Night" (vt "Hidden Rhythms That Make Nature's Clock Tick" National Wildlife Dec-Jan 1972)
"The Sun Vanishes" (Look Mar 10, 1970)
"The Flying Mountains" (Intellectual Digest Jul 1972)
"The Romance of Mars" (Mars, We Love You 1971)
"Knowledge is Anywhere" (various newspapers, Spring 1971)
"Earth" (Smithsonian Apr 1971)
"Air" (Smithsonian Jul 1971)
"Water" (Smithsonian Sep 1971)
"Fire" (Smithsonian Nov 1971)
"Space" (Electronic Age Spring 1971)
"Time" (Electronic Age Summer 1971)
"Mass" (Electronic Age Autumn 1971)
"You Can't Even Break Even" (vt "In the Game of Energy and Thermodynamics You Can't Even Break Even" Smithsonian Aug 1970)
"The Secret of the Squid" (New York Times Jul 1969)
"How Many Inches in a Mile?" (Saturday Evening Post Winter 1971)
"Beyond the Ultimate" (vt "Speed Limit 186,300 M.P.S." Holiday Jul 1969)
"The Lunar Landing" (vt "The Moon Could Answer the Riddle of Life" New York Times Magazine Jul 13, 1969)
"After Apollo, What?" (vt "After Apollo, a Colony on the Moon" New York Times Magazine May 28, 1967)
"No Space for Women?" (Ladies Home Journal Mar 1971)
"Future Fun" (Lithopinion 6 1967)
"Personal Flight" (vt "Personal Flight 2000 A.D." Private Pilot May 1971)
"Freedom at Last" (vt "You've Come a Long Way, Baby..." Newsday Mar 14, 1970)
"The Age of the Computer" (vt "Who's Afraid of Computers?" Newsday Jan 20, 1968)
"The End" (Penthouse Jan 1971)
"The End, Unless..." (vt "Can Man Survive the Year 2000?" True Jan 1971)
"The Fourth Revolution" (Saturday Review Oct 24, 1970)
"The Perfect Machine" (Science Journal Oct 1968)
"Prediction as a Side Effect" (Boston Review of Arts Jul 1972)
"The Serious Side of Science Fiction" (vt "Science fiction, an aid to science, foresees the future" Smithsonian May 1970)
"A Literature of Ideas" (vt "When Aristotle Fails, Try Science Fiction" Intellectual Digest Dec 1971)
"The Scientists' Responsibility" (Chemical and Engineering News Apr 19, 1971)