TY  - BOOK
AU  - Clement,W.R.
TI  - Quantum jump: a survival guide for the new renaissance 
SN  - 9781897414484
AV  - HM451 .C54 1998eb
U1  - 303.4 22
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Toronto
PB  - Insomniac Press
KW  - Postmodernism
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Social history
KW  - 1970-
KW  - Civilization, Modern
KW  - 1950-
KW  - Information technology
KW  - Abstraction
KW  - Twenty-first century
KW  - Postmodernisme
KW  - Aspect social
KW  - Histoire sociale
KW  - Civilisation
KW  - Technologie de l'information
KW  - Vingt et unième siècle
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - gtlm
N1  - Includes index; Table of contents; THE AUTHOR'S PERSPECTIVE: Welcome to Renaissance 2.0; PART I: Filtering the Background Noise: the hyperspace era begins; PART II: What's Wrong with this Picture? Fault lines in the New World Order; PART III: Life in Cyberspace; PART IV: How to survive in a multi-dimensional world; EPILOGUE: The Philosopher's Stone: How John Dee turned Britain into gold; INDEX; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2011
N2  - Quantum Jump was written for individuals trying to make sense of the rapid social and political changes overtaking their lives. Clement explains how our civilization is undergoing a translation similar to the European Renaissance, the development of managed agriculture or the invention of writing. Each of these eras brought about new world-views and broadened the intellectual scope through which we perceive our world. The Renaissance was triggered by the discovery of perspective -- the means to manipulate three dimensions -- and implemented by the bill of exchange and new mathematics. Our newest
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