The ignorance explosion: understanding industrial civilization

by Lukasiewicz, Julius

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Title Statements

Full title :The ignorance explosion : understanding industrial civilization / Julius Lukasiewicz.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1994.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Carleton University Press
Place of Publication:Ottawa
Language:eng
Publication Date:1994.

The Physical Object

Description:xxviii, 272 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0886292344, 9780886292348, 0886292379, 9780886292379
oclc:ocm29909613
LC Classification:HM221
Dewey Decimal:303.48/3

1. The paradox of human progress -- 2. Humanities, social and physical sciences: the two cultures -- 3. Technology: the land of many faces -- 4. The ignorance explosion -- 5. The brave new world of globalization -- 6. Language in the service of identity -- or communication? -- 7. Technology and war -- 8. Jettisoning the harness of biology -- 9. Has vision been lost?

Subjects

Civilisation -- 20e siècle Civilization, Modern Civilization, Modern -- 20th century Industriegesellschaft Technischer Fortschritt Technologie -- Aspect social Technology -- Social aspects Unwissenheit Wissen