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Item Details
Title:
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THE RATIONAL OPTIMIST
HOW PROSPERITY EVOLVES |
By: |
Matt Ridley |
Format: |
Electronic book text |
List price:
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£6.74 |
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ISBN 10: |
000737481X |
ISBN 13: |
9780007374816 |
Publisher: |
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS |
Pub. date: |
27 May, 2010 |
Pages: |
448 |
Description: |
Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction 2011. Life is on the up. |
Synopsis: |
Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction 2011. Life is on the up. We are wealthier, healthier, happier, kinder, cleaner, more peaceful, more equal and longer-lived than any previous generation. Thanks to the unique human habits of exchange and specialisation, our species has found innovative solutions to every obstacle it has faced so far. In `The Rational Optimist', acclaimed science writer Matt Ridley comprehensively refutes the doom-mongers of our time, and reaches back into the past to give a rational explanation for why we can - and will - overcome the challenges of the future, such as climate change and the population boom. Bold and controversial, it is a brilliantly confident assertion that the 21st century will be the best for humankind yet. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Fourth Estate Ltd |
Prizes: |
Short-listed for BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2011 |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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