One of the reasons I like my job!  Access to all sorts! 

(Although the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society really is missing a trick in have no mechanism for Library purchase.  I've tried.)

(Bit local for my cosmologist researchers maybe!  They tend to be really 'out there'.)

tc



On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 at 22:27, Jim Catchpole - jlcatchpole at googlemail.com (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
Score one for the librarian! ;^D

On 08/09/2020 22:18, Timothy Collinson - timothy.collinson at port.ac.uk (via tml list) wrote:


On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 at 20:30, Dan Corrin - dan.corrin at yahoo.com (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
One part of Traveller is the advancement of technology from Stone-Age Tech 0 to TL-10 starfaring and beyond.
While some rules have tried to quantify the growth periods from tech level to tech level, it has not been very scientific.

I just came across a book (which I have not read) but did read a review of and it describes why the recent TL increases for the western world (the United States in particular) might be a single occurrence that can't be projected forward in time, and perhaps would not be repeatable for alternate planets.

Take a look at the summary The Rise and Fall of American Growth


-Dan Corrin


Even better we have it in our Library as both print (not much use at present) and ebook.  I shall take it to bed with me.

Cheers

tc


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