The discoverers / Daniel J. Boorstin.

Main entry:

Boorstin, Daniel J. (Daniel Joseph), 1914-2004, author.

Title & Author:

The discoverers / Daniel J. Boorstin.

Edition:

First Vintage book edition.

Publication:

New York : Vintage Books, 1985.
©1983

Description:

xvi, 745 pages ; 21 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 685-713) and index.
The heavenly empire. -- From sun time to clock time. -- The missionary clock. -- The geography of the imagination. -- Paths to the East. -- Doubling the world. -- The American surprise. -- Sea paths to everywhere. -- Seeing the invisible. -- Inside ourselves. -- Science goes public. -- Cataloguing the whole creation. -- Widening the communities of knowledge. -- Opening the past. -- Surveying the present.

Summary:

In Boorstin's 1983 bestseller The Discoverers, the achievements of Galileo, Columbus, Darwin, Gutenberg and Freud emerged as upwellings of creativity and courage, ingenious acts of revolt against ingrained habit. This richly illustrated two-volume edition reveals the world as known to the discovers themselves.
Daniel J. Boorstin, former librarian of the Library of Congress, gives a fascinating history of world civilization. From astronomical development, microscopes, telescopes, medicine, vaccines, genetics and map-making, the author delves into the discoveries of our world and the freedoms those discoveries bestowed. With the breadth and depth of this study, Boorstin relieves the world of its fictitious beliefs and encourages a more modern and scientific approach to the world around us. Discovery is not the main event: convincing people to accept the facts as a new way of life is the key to the growth of mankind.

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ISBN:

0394726251 (pbk.)
9780394726250 (pbk.)

Subject:

Civilization History.
Discoveries in geography.
Science History.
animal welfare.
Civilisation Histoire.
Découvertes géographiques.
Sciences Histoire.
HISTORY General.
Civilization
Science
Entdeckung
Geschichte
Naturwissenschaften
Cultuur.
Ontdekkingen.
Wetenschap.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Daniel J. Boorstin Collection (Library of Congress)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 225903
Call No.: CB69 .B66 1985
Status: Available

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