Beschreibung:
Originally published in 1965 this book traces the forces which have brought the 20th century `post-civilisation¿ into being: the ever-increasing power of science and the scientific attitude, the global communication network, the high efficiency of industrial societies.
1. The Great Transition 2. Science as the Basis of the Great Transition 3. The Significance of the Social Sciences 4. The War Trap 5. Economic Development: The Difficult Take-Off 6. The Population Trap 7. The Entropy Trap 8. The Role of Ideology in the Great Transition 9. A Strategy for the Transition.