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1 online resource (streaming video file) (45 min. 18 sec.) ; 272630833 bytes |
| Summary |
Prophets of Science Fiction is a new eight-part series hosted by Ridley Scott that explores how the 'science fiction' of the past has now simply become 'science'. What once was just imagination is now real; what was once the distant future is now just around the corner. The science of the future was strangely prophesied by a group of visionaries whose dreams, which once may have labelled them as renegades and 'mad scientists', have become reality!The series is a biographical exploration of eight science fiction thinkers, including Jules Verne, George Lucas, HG Wells, Mary Shelley, Isaac Isimov, Robert Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke and Philip K. Dick - and how their early projections eerily predicted the future.The first episode looks at the writer Jules Verne. He put a man on the Moon in the Victorian era. He criticised the internet... in 1863. Jules Verne is the ultimate futurist, with a legacy of science fiction stories predicting everything from fuel cell technology to viral advertising. The extraordinary voyages of Jules Verne, from the centre of the Earth to the Moon, have inspired art, industry, culture, and technology. (From the UK) (Documentary Series) *New Series* PG CCFollow the conversation on Twitter #SBSdoco |
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Broadcast 2012-04-15 at 20:30:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: PG |
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Verne, Jules, 1828-1905.
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Fuel cells -- Technological innovations.
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Literature and science.
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Science fiction -- Social aspects.
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Technological forecasting.
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Streaming video
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Whitebloom, Declan, director
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Adams, Jonathan, cast
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Scott, Ridley, host
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