The Impact of Science on Society

by Bertrand Russell

Book Overview

Many of the revolutionary effects of science and technology are obvious enough. Bertrand Russell saw in the 1950s that there are also many negative aspects of scientific innovation. Insightful and controversial in equal measure, Russell argues that science offers the world greater well-being than it has ever known, on the condition that prosperity is dispersed; power is diffused by means of a single, world government; birth rates do not become...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138641154
• ISBN13: 9781138641150
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 7.6"