{"product_id":"that-buck-rogers-stuff-paperback","title":"That Buck Rogers Stuff - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJerry Pournelle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLarry Niven\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe year was 1977. Elon Musk was in First Grade. Jeff Bezos was in early puberty just reading SCIFI books, not selling them. The space shuttle was 4 years away and the last Apollo mission was 5 years past. Yet a wonky aerospace engineer and college professor was asking How Do We Get Back to Space and What Do We Do Once We Are Up There?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere in \u003cem\u003eThat Buck Rogers Stuff\u003c\/em\u003e Jerry Pournelle lays out his fascination with technological solutions for the world's 1978 problems and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten on an IBM Selectric typewriter during an Analog time, these predictions will later be fully explored in classics like \u003cem\u003eStarswarm\u003c\/em\u003e which introduced Artificial Intelligence or \u003cem\u003eThe Mote in Gods Eye\u003c\/em\u003e exploring the societal effects of a 1000 year library as a precursor for cloud computing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 12, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42728521007167,"sku":"9789527303252","price":22.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d3d825828443386229d964a0e8802e67.webp?v=1765118810","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/that-buck-rogers-stuff-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}