The Discoverers
A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself
By Daniel J. Boorstin
By Daniel J. Boorstin
By Daniel J. Boorstin
By Daniel J. Boorstin
Part of Knowledge Series
Part of Knowledge Series
Category: Science | World History | Technology
Category: Science | World History | Technology
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Paperback $22.00
Feb 12, 1985 | ISBN 9780394726250
A History of the World in 100 Objects
Napoleon’s Buttons
Jewels
Anaximander
The Invention of Nature
Defining the Wind
Reading the Glass
The Bounty
The Island at the Center of the World
Praise
“Compelling readable. . . . A remarkable narrative of the grand intellectual venture of humankind, rich in fascinating, often dramatic details.”—The Wall Street Journal
“A sumptuous, totally engaging panorama. No one who reads it will look at the chronicle of human ingenuity in the same way again.” —David McCullough
“Written with great verve . . . [Boorstin’s] learning, wit, and lucidity should ensure that he will bring pleasure to a large group of reader.” —The New York Review of Books
“History with a human touch.” —Newsday
“A grand and exhilirating voyage, a bold attempt to circumnavigate the intellectual globe.” —The Philadlephia Inquirer
Table Of Contents
Book One: Time
The Heavenly Empire
From Sun Time to Clock Time
The Missionary Clock
Book Two: The Earth and the Seas
The Geography of the Imagination
Paths to the East
Doubling the World
The American Surprise
Sea Paths to Everywhere
Book Three: Nature
Seeing the Invisible
Inside Ourselves
Science Goes Public
Cataloguing the Whole Creation
Book Four: Society
Widening the Communities of Knowledge
Opening the Past
Surveying the Present
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