'To-day and To-morrow': The 100-year-old book series that predicted a wild and wonderful future 
One hundred years ago, towards the end of 1923, the geneticist JBS Haldane published a short book imagining the world that lay ahead. Fewer than 100 pages long, Daedalus, or Science and the Future was an extraordinary whistle-stop tour of all the sciences, taking in everything from the future of human reproduction to energy generation.The book became a sensation, and was arguably one of the first works of science communication to have a wider cultural impact. As well as influencing other scientists, it was read by writers, artists, activists and even politicians like Winston Churchill.
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