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The book surveys technological inventions such as the railway, the telegraph and telephone, as well as photography. But it also analyses the century's 'failures', and discusses the issues of poverty, greed and militarism.
- Alfred Russel Wallace
- 2006
First published in 1898, this book looks back over the history of the nineteenth century, and describes its material and intellectual achievements with the aim 'to show how fundamental is the change they have effected in our life and civilization'.
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British biologist & explorer Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) discusses what he considers the successes of the last century, including advances made in modes of travel, mechanization, photography, analyses of light, physics, the study of dust, chemistry, astronomy, glaciers, geology, evolution & medicine.
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- 1898
- Alfred Russel Wallace
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17 nov 2011 · First published in 1898, this book looks back over the history of the nineteenth century, and describes its material and intellectual achievements with the aim 'to show how fundamental is the...
1 apr 2007 · In it, British biologist and explorer ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE (1823-1913) discusses what he considers the successes of the last hundred years, including advances made in modes of travel,...
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