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  • A futuristic vision: the advance of technology leads to rapid transport, sophisticated tastes among the masses, mechanization, and extravagant building projects. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.
  • A futuristic vision: the advance of technology leads to rapid transport, sophisticated tastes among the masses, mechanization, and extravagant building projects. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.
  • The emblematic figure of a man representing secularisation, technical innovation, educational reforms and liberal politics in the United Kingdom. Lithograph, ca. 1830.
  • Science: a parody frontispiece to the Penny Magazine, with humorous representations of the "March of intellect" movement. Lithograph by G. Davies, 1832, after C.J. Grant.
  • A futuristic vision: technology is over-sophisticated, and the masses devote themselves to intellectual pursuits, while the basic needs of society are neglected. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828, after F.A.
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Catalogue

    • Books

    The myths of human evolution / Niles Eldredge, Ian Tattersall.

    Eldredge, Niles. | Date: 1982
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    Risk society : towards a new modernity / Ulrich Beck ; translated by Mark Ritter.

    Beck, Ulrich, 1944-2015. | Date: 1992
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    ...The idea of progress / by W.R. Inge ... delivered in the Sheldonian theatre, 27 May, 1920.

    Inge, William Ralph, 1860-1954. | Date: 1920
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    A dangerous master : how to keep technology from slipping beyond our control / Wendell Wallach.

    Wallach, Wendell, 1946- | Date: [2015]
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    Tradition / Edward Shils.

    Shils, Edward, 1910-1995. | Date: 1981
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