Inventing the Future — Dennis Gabor

Author: Dennis Gabor

Publisher: Penguin Books

Format: Paperback

Edition: First published by Secker & Warburg, 1963. Published in Pelican Books, 1964.

ISBN: No ISBN 

Condition: Second-hand paperback. General vintage wear to cover and edges, including rubbing, creasing, corner wear, edge wear and age toning to pages. There is visible wear and chipping to the spine and cover edges. Binding appears intact. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

Dennis Gabor’s Inventing the Future is a thoughtful mid-century work on science, society and the future of civilisation. Written by a physicist and inventor, the book considers nuclear war, overpopulation, automation, leisure, social change and humanity’s ability to shape what comes next. Part futurism, part social criticism and part scientific reflection, it captures the anxieties and possibilities of the early 1960s.