A History of Knowledge

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A ONE-VOLUME REFERENCE TO THE
HISTORY OF IDEAS
Here 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.
You'll find capsule portraits of the people whose thinking has shaped our
world through their contributions to art, science, literature, and
world history: Buddha, Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Picasso, Aristotle,
Edison, Shakespeare, George Eliot, and dozens more. In surveying the great
world civilizations, A History of Knowledge also explains such essentials
as the Greek ideal of justice, how Columbuss discoveries led to the African
slave trade, the... Tovább

Fülszöveg

A ONE-VOLUME REFERENCE TO THE
HISTORY OF IDEAS
Here 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.
You'll find capsule portraits of the people whose thinking has shaped our
world through their contributions to art, science, literature, and
world history: Buddha, Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Picasso, Aristotle,
Edison, Shakespeare, George Eliot, and dozens more. In surveying the great
world civilizations, A History of Knowledge also explains such essentials
as the Greek ideal of justice, how Columbuss discoveries led to the African
slave trade, the political and social conditions that sparked the
invention of the scientific method, and many other key movements
and concepts that have continuing relevance today. Indeed, readers who
crave a single all-inclusive reference volume to intellectual history
will find themselves dipping into the indispensable A History of Knowledge
again and again.
"Crystal clear and conciseExplains how humankind got to know what
it knows "
Clifton Fadiman
Selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club and the History Book Club Vissza