A History of Knowledge: Past, Present, and Future

Van Doren, Charles

ISBN 10: 0345373162 / ISBN 13: 9780345373168

Editore: Ballantine Books, 1992

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Codice articolo G0345373162I4N00

Riassunto:

A one-voume reference to the history of ideas that is a compendium of everything that humankind has thought, invented, created, considered, and perfected from the beginning of civilization into the twenty-first century. Massive in its scope, and yet totally accessible, A HISTORY OF KNOWLEDGE covers not only all the great theories and discoveries of the human race, but also explores the social conditions, political climates, and individual men and women of genius that brought ideas to fruition throughout history.
"Crystal clear and concise...Explains how humankind got to know what it knows."
Clifton Fadiman
Selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club and the History Book Club

Informazioni sull'autore: Charles Van Doren has advanced degrees in both literature and mathematics and has written and edited more than a score of books, many of them in the field of history. He is the author of The Joy of Reading and A History of Knowledge.

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Titolo: A History of Knowledge: Past, Present, and ...
Casa editrice: Ballantine Books
Data di pubblicazione: 1992
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket