Pronunciation Key 1
1 Civilization and History C．E．M．Joad 1
Contents 5
Introduction 5
Acknowledgements 6
2 The Fun They Had Isaac Asimov 8
3 Big Numbers and Infinities George Gamow 16
4 Oil G．C．Thornley 24
5 An Observation and an Explanation Desmond Morris 32
6 A Robot about the House M．W．Thring 40
7 A Wrong Man in Workers'Paradise Rabindranath Tagore 49
8 Making Surgery Safe Horace Shipp 58
9 Using Land Wisely L．Dudley Stamp 69
10 The Karburator Karel Capek 79
11 Work and Play Herbert Read 89
12 Three Days to See Helen Keller 98
13 The Laws of Nature J．B．S．Haldane 108
14 Spaceship？ J．B．Priestley 118
15 The Wisdom of Socrates 131
16 Snapshot of a Dog James Thurber 139
17 Individuals and Masses Aldous Huxley 149
18 Children at Play Rumer Godden 158
19 Symptoms Jerome K．Jerome 167
20 How to Avoid Foolish Opinions Bertrand Russell 175