Edition |
[1st ed.] |
Description |
369 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Contents |
[1.] Acceleration of history: Acceleration of history -- Last words from the dinosaurs -- [2.] Common sense: Heritage of science in a civilization of machines -- Common sense of science and the humanities -- On recollection -- King Solomon's ant -- [3.] Technology and democratic institutions: Why no satisfaction? -- Science can never be retrograde -- Sorcerer's apprentice -- [4.] Right to health: Metropolitan medicine -- ...Getting our knowledge fully applied -- An end to welfare medicine -- [5.] Too many Indians: Grain that steel might grow -- Economic development by democratic planning -- Second thoughts on birth control -- A world free of want -- [6.] Treason of the clerks: Treason of the clerks -- Federal funds and science education -- Peace and quiet on the campus -- [7.] Education for self-government: We good Americans -- Imaginative consideration of learning -- ...Now! -- [8.] Fork in the road: Subterfuge of armament -- Stationary state -- Time to cut the cake. |
Form |
Also issued online. |
Subject |
Civilization, Modern -- 1950-
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Civilization, Modern. |
Chronological Term |
1950- |
Subject |
Science and civilization.
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Science and civilization. |
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Technology and civilization.
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Technology and civilization. |
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United States -- Civilization -- 1970-
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United States. |
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Civilization. |
Chronological Term |
1970- |
Subject |
Civilization. |
Genre/Form |
Essay.
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Subject |
Science. |
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Technology. |
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Civilisation -- 1950- |
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Finances publiques -- Québec (Province) |
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Technologie et civilisation. |
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États-Unis -- Civilisation -- 1970- |
ISBN |
0394473124 |
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9780394473123 |
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