A Short History of Progress

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Canongate, 2006 - History - 211 pages
Albert Einstein called progress 'the axe in the hand of the pathological criminal'. Ronald Wright looks at how the 20th century's growth in population, consumpton and technology have placed an intolerable burden on planet Earth and its resources.

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About the author (2006)

RONALD WRIGHT is a prize-winning novelist, historian, and essayist, published in ten languages. His nonfiction includes the number-one bestseller Stolen Continents, winner of the Gordon Montador Award and chosen as a book of the year by the Independent and the Sunday Times. His first novel, A Scientific Romance, won the 1997 David Higham Prize for Fiction and was chosen a book of the year by the Globe and Mail, the Sunday Times, and the New York Times.

Bibliographic information

TitleA Short History of Progress
Massey lectures series
AuthorRonald Wright
Editionreprint
PublisherCanongate, 2006
ISBN1841958301, 9781841958309
Length211 pages
Subjects › 

History / Civilization
History / Social History
Science / Environmental Science
Science / General
Social Science / General
  
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