Heroic materialism.

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Surveys the development of western civilization during the 1900's as evidenced in the technological advancements in the work of Brunel, the designer of the Thames tunnel, and in the development of ...

Surveys the development of western civilization during the 1900's as evidenced in the technological advancements in the work of Brunel, the designer of the Thames tunnel, and in the development of the atom bomb. Notes that the advance in technology and the importance attached to it have been accompanied by an upsurge in humanitarianism.

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