Acknowledgement

Introduction

PART 1  THE GLOBAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ARENA

  Chapter. 1: Dawning of the Asian Century 

  Chapter 2: The Trajectory of Western Civilisation

PART 2   THE RISE OF CHINA   

  Chapter 3: Ancient China, Culture, Science and Technology 

  Chapter 4: China’s Re-emergence as a Technology Power

  Chapter 5: Education and the Chinese Psyche

PART 3   CHINA AND HER NEIGHBOURS

  Chapter 6:  , Russia, Central Asia, South Asia 

  Chapter 7: Japan:  Science and Technology 

PART 4    EU: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN DÉNOUEMENT

  Chapter 8: R&D in the Triad: Europe, America, Japan

  Chapter 9: Education in the West  

PART 5   SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: THE NEAR FUTURE

  Chapter 10: Chinese Technology: The Coming Decade

  Chapter 11: How Europe can relate to China through S&T  

  Chapter 12 :   Conclusion :  Ragnarök and Renaissance 

Appendices

References 

Websites

Index