The Resource The myth of progress : toward a sustainable future, Tom Wessels
The myth of progress : toward a sustainable future, Tom Wessels
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Resource Information
The item The myth of progress : toward a sustainable future, Tom Wessels represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- A provocative critique of Western progress from a scientific perspective
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Rev. and expanded ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 155 pages)
- Contents
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- Title Page; Contents; Preface to the Revised Edition; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Introduction; 1 The Myth of Control: Complex versus Linear Systems; 2 The Myth of Growth: Limits and Sustainability; 3 The Myth of Energy: The Second Law of Thermodynamics; 4 The Myth of the Free Market: The Loss of Diversity, Democracy, and Economic Resiliency; 5 The Myth of Progress: A Need for Cultural Change; Epilogue: From Consumption to Connection; Glossary of Scientific Terms; Index
- Isbn
- 9781611684643
- Label
- The myth of progress : toward a sustainable future
- Title
- The myth of progress
- Title remainder
- toward a sustainable future
- Statement of responsibility
- Tom Wessels
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A provocative critique of Western progress from a scientific perspective
- Cataloging source
- E7B
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wessels, Tom
- Dewey number
- 577
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QH541
- LC item number
- .W47 2013eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Ecology
- Environmental policy
- Sustainable development
- NATURE
- NATURE
- SCIENCE
- SCIENCE
- Ecology
- Environmental policy
- Sustainable development
- SCIENCE / General
- Label
- The myth of progress : toward a sustainable future, Tom Wessels
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Title Page; Contents; Preface to the Revised Edition; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Introduction; 1 The Myth of Control: Complex versus Linear Systems; 2 The Myth of Growth: Limits and Sustainability; 3 The Myth of Energy: The Second Law of Thermodynamics; 4 The Myth of the Free Market: The Loss of Diversity, Democracy, and Economic Resiliency; 5 The Myth of Progress: A Need for Cultural Change; Epilogue: From Consumption to Connection; Glossary of Scientific Terms; Index
- Control code
- 841170380
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- Rev. and expanded ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 155 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781611684643
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 469737
- d49e9c13-5c5c-476b-8068-447ab5d0ec00
- 821fe1f3-9ed6-4a50-b7de-33cee6729233
- 22573/ctv1xvp92h
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)841170380
- Label
- The myth of progress : toward a sustainable future, Tom Wessels
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Title Page; Contents; Preface to the Revised Edition; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Introduction; 1 The Myth of Control: Complex versus Linear Systems; 2 The Myth of Growth: Limits and Sustainability; 3 The Myth of Energy: The Second Law of Thermodynamics; 4 The Myth of the Free Market: The Loss of Diversity, Democracy, and Economic Resiliency; 5 The Myth of Progress: A Need for Cultural Change; Epilogue: From Consumption to Connection; Glossary of Scientific Terms; Index
- Control code
- 841170380
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- Rev. and expanded ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 155 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781611684643
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 469737
- d49e9c13-5c5c-476b-8068-447ab5d0ec00
- 821fe1f3-9ed6-4a50-b7de-33cee6729233
- 22573/ctv1xvp92h
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)841170380
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