Peter Townsend is involved in very diverse activities in academia, industry and national labs in 8 countries, in more than 15 topic areas. He has initiated 5 new areas of research, supervised 67 postgraduate students, and has written over 530 publications, plus patents, with more than 500 co-authors. His numerous scientific awards include a Doctor Honoris Causa degree from the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid and Finalist of Descartes Prize for Excellence in Research (for breast cancer detection). Other main activities include violin playing and fencing from County up to International level.

A fascinating and important look into the wide-ranging outcomes of technological progress and the vulnerabilities we face as a result... a 'must read'

• 1: Have we the knowledge, willpower and determination to survive? 2: Technology and survival - are they compatible? 3: Natural Disasters and Civilization 4: Good technologies with bad side effects 5: From trains to transistors 6: Food, survival and resources 7: The "Silent Spring" revisited 8: Medicine - Expectations and Reality 9: Knowledge loss from changing language 10: Decay of materials and information loss from technology 11: Technology, the new frontier for crime and terror 12: Technology driven social isolation 13: Consumerism and Obsolescence 14: Rejection of knowledge and information 15: Hindsight, foresight, radical suggestions, and a grain of Hope

Peter Townsend is involved in very diverse activities in academia, industry and national labs in 8 countries, in more than 15 topic areas. He has initiated 5 new areas of research, supervised 67 postgraduate students, and has written over 530 publications, plus patents, with more than 500 co-authors. His numerous scientific awards include a Doctor Honoris Causa degree from the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid and Finalist of Descartes Prize for Excellence in Research (for breast cancer detection). Other main activities include violin playing and fencing from County up to International level.

A fascinating and important look into the wide-ranging outcomes of technological progress and the vulnerabilities we face as a result... a 'must read'

• 1: Have we the knowledge, willpower and determination to survive? 2: Technology and survival - are they compatible? 3: Natural Disasters and Civilization 4: Good technologies with bad side effects 5: From trains to transistors 6: Food, survival and resources 7: The "Silent Spring" revisited 8: Medicine - Expectations and Reality 9: Knowledge loss from changing language 10: Decay of materials and information loss from technology 11: Technology, the new frontier for crime and terror 12: Technology driven social isolation 13: Consumerism and Obsolescence 14: Rejection of knowledge and information 15: Hindsight, foresight, radical suggestions, and a grain of Hope

Peter Townsend is involved in very diverse activities in academia, industry and national labs in 8 countries, in more than 15 topic areas. He has initiated 5 new areas of research, supervised 67 postgraduate students, and has written over 530 publications, plus patents, with more than 500 co-authors. His numerous scientific awards include a Doctor Honoris Causa degree from the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid and Finalist of Descartes Prize for Excellence in Research (for breast cancer detection). Other main activities include violin playing and fencing from County up to International level.

A fascinating and important look into the wide-ranging outcomes of technological progress and the vulnerabilities we face as a result... a 'must read'

• 1: Have we the knowledge, willpower and determination to survive? 2: Technology and survival - are they compatible? 3: Natural Disasters and Civilization 4: Good technologies with bad side effects 5: From trains to transistors 6: Food, survival and resources 7: The "Silent Spring" revisited 8: Medicine - Expectations and Reality 9: Knowledge loss from changing language 10: Decay of materials and information loss from technology 11: Technology, the new frontier for crime and terror 12: Technology driven social isolation 13: Consumerism and Obsolescence 14: Rejection of knowledge and information 15: Hindsight, foresight, radical suggestions, and a grain of Hope