The Penguin Book of Firsts - Couverture souple

Richardson, Matthew

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140261036 ISBN 13 : 9780140261035

Editeur : Penguin, 1998

Synopsis

Who worked out evolution? Not Darwin! Who discovered America? Not Columbus! As this fascinating, witty and surprising book reveals, we quite often attribute first in world history to the wrong people. Many 'modern' ideas and ivnestions actually date back to ancient times. The use of steroids can be traced back to the Sung Dynasty, and oral contraceptives were popular in Ancient Greece. A Communist revolution took place long before Lenin and Trotsky.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Matthew Richardson was born in 1958 in Canberra, and studied law and arts at university. He has edited and contributed to many bookson historical, cultural and practical subjects; however THE PENGUIN BOOK OF FIRSTS is the first he has completed in his own right. He lives in the Blue Mountains

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140261036
• ISBN 13: 9780140261035
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 468
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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