J. D. Bernal

World Without War

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

J. D. Bernal was a scientist who helped to pioneer the use of x-ray crystallography and was a founder of the science of molecular biology. He was also well-known as a communist and closely associated with the peace movement. Originally published in 1958, revised in 1961, this title was written, in the author's words, "to bring together the dark and the bright side of the new power that science has given to the mankind". At a time when politics was dominated by the hydrogen bomb and the rocket. People, for the first time in their history, were having to contemplate the potential destruction of civilization and even of life itself. While at the same time aware of the benefits of the opening stages of a new industrial revolution.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 410g
• ISBN-13: 9780367244491
• ISBN-10: 0367244497
• Artikelnr.: 62149507

Autorenporträt

J.D. Bernal

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Acknowledgements. Preface to the Second Edition 1. Introduction 2.
Nuclear Warfare 3. Building a World at Peace 4. Industry 5. Agriculture,
Food, and Population 6. The Advancement of Science 7. The Economy of a
World in Transition 8. Economic Problems of Industrial Countries 9.
Britain's Position in the New Industrial World 10. Education and Research
for the New World 11. The Political Problems of a Divided World 12. The
Time-table of Transformation 13. The Limits of the Foreseeable Future 14.
Conclusions. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.