Biology and society: the evolution of man and his technology.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York, Macmillan [1975]Description: x, 320 p. illus. 24 cmISBN:- 0023785101
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books (30-Day Checkout) | Nash Library General Stacks | GF47.M28 1975 | 1 | Available | 33710000602792 |
Bibliography: p. 309-314.
pt. 1. Past. Life -- Life and evolution -- Man's primate ancestors -- Evolution of man -- Culture -- Bushmen: a culture with a hunting-gathering technology -- pt. 2. Present. Domestication -- Science -- Rise of Western technology -- Man and the environment: progress -- Environmental problems created by Western technology -- Technological solutions to the environmental crisis -- Man's health: progress -- Health problems created by Western technology -- Technological solutions to our health problems -- pt. 3. Future. Unknowns -- How much technology -- Problem of technological change -- Problem of technological dehumanization -- Distant future.