The Inheritors. The Story of Man and the World He Made.

London England: Heinemann, 1961. Hardback. First Edition. Slight shelf wear to edge of D/J. Slight browning to spine of D/J. It is a fascinating account of man's scientific achievements from the earliest times and a challenging reappraisal of some of the most pressing questions of today. With a welath of detail, much of it derived from personal, on-the-spot investigation of centres of civilisation from the Equator to the Arctic, the author traces the development of man, the tool-maker, the technologist, from prehistory to the present day, and makes an excursion into the future. He tells how in ancient times man by his ingenuity and skills gained control of his environment and how the limitations of his knowledge, as well as his excesses, destroyed the civilisations which he thus created. The author's encyclopaedic knowledge of the whole range of scientific progress supports a convincing case for a combined attempt to tackle global problems on a global scale. This book is a lively, informative and thought-provoking book which our generation cannot afford to miss. Illustrated. 345 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.). . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback.