The Discoverers, Band 2Random House, 1983 - 745 Seiten Examines the human quest for knowledge and discoveries as it discusses such men as Galileo, Adam Smith, Columbus, Marx, Napoleon, Magellan, Faraday, Freud, Marco Polo, and St. Augustine. |
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Daniel Joseph Boorstin. 13 The Prison of Christian Dogma CHRISTIAN Europe did not carry on the work of Ptolemy . Instead the leaders of orthodox Christendom built a grand barrier against the progress of knowledge about the earth . Christian ...
Daniel Joseph Boorstin. 13 The Prison of Christian Dogma CHRISTIAN Europe did not carry on the work of Ptolemy . Instead the leaders of orthodox Christendom built a grand barrier against the progress of knowledge about the earth . Christian ...
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... Christian mind about the sphericity of the earth . The race that lived below that torrid zone of course could not be of the race of Adam , nor among those redeemed by the dispensation of Christ . If one believed that Noah's Ark had come ...
... Christian mind about the sphericity of the earth . The race that lived below that torrid zone of course could not be of the race of Adam , nor among those redeemed by the dispensation of Christ . If one believed that Noah's Ark had come ...
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... Christian year 1900 was the Jewish Anno Mundi 5661 . Centuries passed after the birth of Jesus before the present system came into use . During the first centuries some Christians dated from the " Indic- tion , " multiples of the 15 ...
... Christian year 1900 was the Jewish Anno Mundi 5661 . Centuries passed after the birth of Jesus before the present system came into use . During the first centuries some Christians dated from the " Indic- tion , " multiples of the 15 ...
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FROM SUN TIME TO CLOCK TIME | 26 |
THE MISSIONARY CLOCK | 56 |
THE EARTH AND THE SEAS | 79 |
Urheberrecht | |
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The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself Daniel J. Boorstin Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1985 |
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Adam Smith Africa Age of Discovery anatomy ancient animals Arabic Asia astrology astronomical became body Buffon calendar called century China Chinese Christian Church classical clock clockmakers coast Columbus continent Copernicus culture Darwin discovered discovery earth East Emperor empire English Europe European experience exploring father French Galen Galileo geography Greek heavens Henry historian human hundred ideas Indian Indies invented Islam islands John Khan King Koran Kublai Khan land language Latin latitude learned Leibniz Linnaeus longitude manuscript maps Marco Marco Polo mathematics medieval Mediterranean Memory modern moon movable type Muslim nature never Newton observed Ocean Paracelsus physician pioneer plants Pope Portugal Portuguese Prester John Prince printed book Ptolemy Ptolemy's reached Roman Rome sailing Saint scholars scientific seafaring ships species telescope theory tion translation University Venice Vesalius Vespucci Viking voyage water clock West Western whole word writing
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