| The Discoverers Contributor(s): Boorstin, Daniel J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0394726251 ISBN-13: 9780394726250 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1985 Annotation: 'The Discoverers' is a vivid, sweeping, and original history of man's greatest adventure: his search to discover the world around him--the relationship of the heavens to his own planet, the elusive and mysterious dimension of time, the vast and colorful range of plants and animals, the intricate workings of his own body, the surprising variety of human societies past and present--by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Americans, now the Librarian of Congress. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - Technology & Engineering | History |
| Dewey: 909 |
| LCCN: 84040056 |
| Series: Knowledge |
| Physical Information: 1.39" H x 5.18" W x 8.16" (1.23 lbs) 768 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An original history of man's greatest adventure: his search to discover the world around him. In the compendious history, Boorstin not only traces man's insatiable need to know, but also the obstacles to discovery and the illusion that knowledge can also put in our way. Covering time, the earth and the seas, nature and society, he gathers and analyzes stories of the man's profound quest to understand his world and the cosmos. |