A History of Knowledge: Past, Present, and Future - Couverture souple

Van Doren, Charles

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0345373162 ISBN 13 : 9780345373168

Editeur : Ballantine Books, 1992

Synopsis

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

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ballantine Books
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0345373162
• ISBN 13: 9780345373168
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible