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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... appeared in western Europe the verbatim text of a letter from Prester John to his friends the Byzantine emperor of Rome , Emanuel I , and the King of France promising to help them conquer the Holy Sepulcher . Scholars have never ...
... appeared in western Europe the verbatim text of a letter from Prester John to his friends the Byzantine emperor of Rome , Emanuel I , and the King of France promising to help them conquer the Holy Sepulcher . Scholars have never ...
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... appeared all over Europe in Latin and in the rising vernacular languages , including even the Czech . But during all these years no edition appeared in either Spain or Portugal . This curious fact suggests that the rulers on the Iberian ...
... appeared all over Europe in Latin and in the rising vernacular languages , including even the Czech . But during all these years no edition appeared in either Spain or Portugal . This curious fact suggests that the rulers on the Iberian ...
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... appeared only in the ape . He found this discrepancy so significant that he specially illustrated it in his Fabrica . At his anatomical demonstrations Vesalius insisted that students see , feel , and decide for themselves . To students ...
... appeared only in the ape . He found this discrepancy so significant that he specially illustrated it in his Fabrica . At his anatomical demonstrations Vesalius insisted that students see , feel , and decide for themselves . To students ...
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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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