Testament for Social Science : An Essay in the Application of Scientific Method to Human Problems

viii, 198pp. Burgundy cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine heel. Top front board edge sun faded. Top text block edge sprayed red. Free endpapers tanning. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Paper dust jacket has 1cm closed tear at top front, loss at spine, tanning, price unclipped. 8vo. Offers the thesis that only if the achievements of social science in the years ahead rival the accomplished triumphs of the natural sciences can the gap between man's mastery over his material environment and his incompetence at managing his own affairs be bridged.