The Library of the Future: A Vision of 1983 from 1883
The American librarian C.A. Cutter looks forward from 1883 to “the library of the future” in 1983….more
The American librarian C.A. Cutter looks forward from 1883 to “the library of the future” in 1983….more
James Nasymth’s images of intricate models of the lunar surface….more
Harmonia Macrocosmica (1660), an atlas of the stars from the Dutch Golden Age of cartography, maps the structure of the heavens in twenty-nine extraordinary double-…more
Wonderful series of medieval cosmographic diagrams and schemas sourced from a late 12th-century English manuscript….more
A vision of the world hundred years in the future, in which societies have been transformed into Quakerly perfection….more
Science fiction novel by astronomer Camille Flammarion, concerning a near comet miss and a vision of the earth’s far distant future….more
Arguably the very first images to depict space travel on a scientific basis, these wonderful illustrations are the work of the French illustrator Émile-Antoine Bay…more
Early sci-fi short story by Voltaire recounting a visit to Earth by Micromégas, an inhabitant of a distant planet which circles the star Sirius, and his companion …more
Some of the earliest examples of calligrams found in a 9th-century astronomical manuscript on the constellations….more
The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings published in 1882, a collection of 15 exquisite pastel works created by the French artist, astronomer and amateur entomologist Ã…more
A woodcut and description of strange UFOs seen in the skies of 16th-century Bavaria….more
A vision, from 1857, of what London would look like 100 years in the future — including the prediction of vast shopping malls and internet shopping….more
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