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They Saw the Future
Oracles, Psychics, Scientists, Great Thinkers, and Pretty Good Guesser
By Krull, Kathleen & Brooker, Kyrsten
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68981-295-8
- Publisher
- New York : Atheneum Books For Young Readers, c1999.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 1999
Gr 4-8 Just in time for the millennium, a book about predicting the future. Beginning with the Oracle at Delphi in ancient Greece and ending with a discussion of Marshall McLuhan's ideas about the effects of electronic media on society, this volume covers those who claimed to have insights into the future or see specific events as well as those who could see the potential for great new inventions. Alongside Jeane Dixon's forecasting of JFK's assassinatio...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
