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A Short History of Progress

Paperback • 2005 • English

A Short History of Progress

By Ronald Wright

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About the book

Writing with great wit and insight, the award-winning author of A Scientific Romance interrogates the notion of progress in the twentieth century, exploring the price paid for all of the wonders of modern technology and concluding that a new Dark Age may be on the horizon. Original.

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9780786715473

Publisher

Carroll Graf Publishers Inc

Published year

2005

Language

English

Original title

A Short History of Progress

Format

Paperback

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