Never In A Million Years: A History Of Hopeless Predictions

Description

The first end of the world prediction was recorded one second after the Big Bang and since then it has become the daddy of all predictions with, to date, no one getting it right. And human beings have been around for about 200,000 years, with very little evolutionary difference, and yet we still haven't developed X-Ray eyes or the ability to fly. In this book, Baddiel and Zucker examine the predictions that have been made since the dawn of time on a variety of subjects, from the end of the world and the human body, to global warming, robots in the workplace, teleportation and space exploration. With a witty and fresh tone, they examine how these predictions came about and why, and rate them for retrospective accuracy.

Promotion info

Why do people make predictions? What was the first prediction? And why do we give them any credence whatsoever?

Reviews

Few subjects are left untouched. THE DAILY EXPRESS 20121019 This compendium of wonky predictions is a delightful detonation of wiseacres. i NEWSPAPER 20121102

Author description

Ivor Baddiel has written 13 books and writes extensively for television and radio where he has worked with the likes of Stephen Fry, Ant and Dec, Johnny Vaughn, Dara O' Briain, Joan Rivers, Vernon Kay, James Nesbitt and Jerry Springer. Jonny Zucker predicts this book will be a No 1 bestseller.