Popular Mechanics The Amazing Weapons That Never Were Robots, Flying Tanks & Other Machines of War

Between 1910 and 1970, scientists and military experts made hundreds of predictions in Popular Mechanicsabout the future of warfare. Some of those prophecies were downright nuts, while others veered eerily close to reality. This collection of vintage articles, with their stunning original art, will spark the imagination of every military buff, retrophile, and futurist. And the jacket turns into an amazing 24" x 19" poster of fantastic machines, blasters, and flying tanks. Astrophysics professor, science-fiction author, and NASA advisor Gregory Benford provides an introduction to every chapter.

 Gregory Benford is a two-time winner of the Nebula Award and a professor of physics at the University of California. He is the author of more than 20 novels, including Jupiter Project, Artifact, Against Infinity, Eater, and Timescape. Benford has won the John W. Campbell Award, the Australian Ditmar Award, the 1995 Lord Foundation Award for achievement in the sciences, and the 1990 United Nations Medal in Literature. Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs, and influences nine million curious minds that read the magazine every month. The magazine features