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Age of Discovery: Navigating the Storms of Our Second Renaissance ()
Ian Goldin
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Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX; KCK; KCY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Now is humanity's best moment. And our most fragile. Global health, wealth and education are booming. Scientific discovery is flourishing. But the same forces that make big gains possible for some of us deliver big losses to others-and tangle us together in ways that make everyone vulnerable. We've been here before. The first Renaissance, the time of Columbus, Copernicus, Gutenberg and others, redrew all maps of the world, liberated information and shifted Western civilization from the medieval to the early modern era. Such change came at a price: social division, political extremism, economic shocks, pandemics and other ... Read more
Now is humanity's best moment. And our most fragile. Global health, wealth and education are booming. Scientific discovery is flourishing. But the same forces that make big gains possible for some of us deliver big losses to others-and tangle us together in ways that make everyone vulnerable. We've been here before. The first Renaissance, the time of Columbus, Copernicus, Gutenberg and others, redrew all maps of the world, liberated information and shifted Western civilization from the medieval to the early modern era. Such change came at a price: social division, political extremism, economic shocks, pandemics and other ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
552
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472943521
SKU
V9781472943521
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About Ian Goldin
Ian Goldin is Director of the Oxford Martin School and Professor of Globalisation and Development at the University of Oxford. He was Vice President of the World Bank and prior to that the Bank's Director of Development Policy. From 1996 to 2001 he was Chief Executive and Managing Director of the Development Bank of Southern Africa, and also served as ... Read more
Reviews for Age of Discovery: Navigating the Storms of Our Second Renaissance ()
A landmark new book.
The Guardian A bold mega-analysis of global education, health, prosperity and technology...incisive and rich in context and granularity.
Nature An essential guide-and a superb ride-through our current stormy moment.
Arianna Huffington
Editor-in-Chief, Huffington Post
A powerful journey...This book will help the world.
Richard Branson
Founder, Virgin Group
Everyone ... Read more
The Guardian A bold mega-analysis of global education, health, prosperity and technology...incisive and rich in context and granularity.
Nature An essential guide-and a superb ride-through our current stormy moment.
Arianna Huffington
Editor-in-Chief, Huffington Post
A powerful journey...This book will help the world.
Richard Branson
Founder, Virgin Group
Everyone ... Read more