Never In A Million Years
A History of Hopeless Predictions
Jonny Zucker author Ivor Baddiel author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Published:11th Oct '12
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
The authors of the bestselling NOT THE HIGHWAY CODE shine a light on the extensive back catalogue of dodgy predictions through the ages.
The first end of the world prediction was recorded one second after the Big Bang and since then it has become the daddy of all predictions with, to date, no one getting it right. And human beings have been around for about 200,000 years, with very little evolutionary difference, and yet we still haven't developed X-Ray eyes or the ability to fly.
In this book, Baddiel and Zucker examine the predictions that have been made since the dawn of time on a variety of subjects, from the end of the world and the human body, to global warming, robots in the workplace, teleportation and space exploration. With a witty and fresh tone, they examine how these predictions came about and why, and rate them for retrospective accuracy.
Few subjects are left untouched. * THE DAILY EXPRESS *
This compendium of wonky predictions is a delightful detonation of wiseacres. * i NEWSPAPER *
wittily entertaining * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *
ISBN: 9781780220178
Dimensions: 129mm x 199mm x 21mm
Weight: 244g
272 pages