1st Edition

World Chaos The Responsibility of Science

By William McDougall Copyright 1931
128 Pages
by Routledge

128 Pages
by Routledge

128 Pages
by Routledge

This book, first published 1931, examines the attitudes surrounding the natural sciences at the time of writing, and contends that an unreflective belief in the power of science, and especially in humanity’s capacity to turn such knowledge to noble ends, could lead to catastrophic results for human civilisation. Commenting on the forced industrialisation in Russia, India and China that was... Read more
World Chaos

Biography

McDougall, William