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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... become a trailing comet . Families consoled themselves with the thought that their members departed from earth had become stars to illuminate the heavens . The Emperor Ha- drian , grieving over his favorite Antinous , professed to ...
... become a trailing comet . Families consoled themselves with the thought that their members departed from earth had become stars to illuminate the heavens . The Emperor Ha- drian , grieving over his favorite Antinous , professed to ...
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... become a " little house " for the compass . After the compass had lost its occult flavor and become every sailor's everyday tool , it came out onto the open deck . Still , in Columbus ' day , a pilot who used the magnetic compass might ...
... become a " little house " for the compass . After the compass had lost its occult flavor and become every sailor's everyday tool , it came out onto the open deck . Still , in Columbus ' day , a pilot who used the magnetic compass might ...
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... become an American citi- zen by the accident that he was traveling in California when it became a state of the Union , he went to Indiana to benefit from its loose divorce laws and there divested himself of his Russian wife . Determined ...
... become an American citi- zen by the accident that he was traveling in California when it became a state of the Union , he went to Indiana to benefit from its loose divorce laws and there divested himself of his Russian wife . Determined ...
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FROM SUN TIME TO CLOCK TIME | 26 |
THE MISSIONARY CLOCK | 56 |
THE EARTH AND THE SEAS | 79 |
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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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