A hand-linked web edition made J. D. Bernal’s 1929 book about humanity’s future navigable by chapter in 1994. Its speculations range from space settlements to mechanically extended bodies; the old page preserves the text, not proof that the predictions were right. It also preserves the period’s assumptions, including eugenics, which deserve scrutiny alongside the futurism.
Original site: https://bactra.org/Bernal/
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Original site: https://bactra.org/Bernal/
Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-a-1994-web-edition-predicted-humans-living-in-space/
#ancientweb #spacehistory #sciencehistory #digitalbooks
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