A Brief History of the Future

‘A Brief History of The Future’ takes the reader on a time travel adventure through the past, present and future, exploring how the ancient art of prediction has become today’s science of futurism.

From Delphi’s virgin visionaries, to science fiction writers, pop futurists, trend gurus and evolutionary experts – this book takes a look at the most interesting and influential figures and what their predictions have done for us.

The brilliant, beautiful and sometimes terrifying ideas of visionary thinkers such as Leonardo, Darwin, Orwell and Dawkins have played a key part in influencing our minds, politics and civilization.

This unique and fascinating book looks behind the scenes at how tomorrow’s trends are being identified, ‘made’ and marketed today.