Benford, Gregory

Presents predictions made by scientists and other experts in the pages of "Popular Mechanics" magazines published between 1903 and 1969, and provides modern perspectives on possible reasons some of the predictions were made as well as original artwork that accompanied them.

A human expedition to another star system is jeopardized by the discovery of an immense bowl-shaped structure in space that leads to hostile alien encounters and profound revelations about humanity's place in the universe.